LOS ANGELES — A federal jury in California recently handed down a significant award to 11 former workers for a property servicing company accused of intentionally misclassifying workers as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime and other benefits.
LOS ANGELES — A former personal styling service employee recently filed a proposed class action unpaid overtime lawsuit against his former employer alleging multiple violations of federal and California wage and labor laws over non-payment of overtime wages.
LOS ANGELES — In a major ruling for bank employees across the country, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled mortgage underwriters may not be classified as “administrative” workers and are therefore due overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a single week.
LOS ANGELES — Almost eight years after first filing suit, thousands of current and former security guards for one of the nation’s largest private security companies may finally receive compensation for all the wages they claim the defendant failed to pay.
LOS ANGELES — A former processing worker for Sonoma County, California-based Petaluma Poultry recently filed an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit against the company claiming she and other employees were not paid for all their time spent on the job.
CHARLOTTE — A group of current and former delivery and route drivers for Charlotte, North Carolina-based Compass Group USA, Inc. recently filed a federal unpaid overtime class action lawsuit in California against the company.