SAN FRANCISCO — A group of hair salon workers have petitioned a federal court in California for approval of the settlement of their wage suit against Regis Corp. in the amount of $5.75 million. The workers covered by the settlement would include stylists employed by Regis in California from May 2010 through the date when […]
SAN FRANCISCO — A group of trainees who filed a suit against their employer, Vector Marketing Corp, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) have received class certification from a federal district court in California. The class consists of around 45,000 employees in five states. After the court conditionally certified the collective action, […]
SAN FRANCISCO — The plaintiffs in a class action wage and hour lawsuit against Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) settled their claims on behalf of 5,000 former employees for 2.5 million dollars. The settlement includes all employees in California in an hourly, non-exempt position at any time between Nov. 21, 2009 and Oct. 31, 2014. The […]
SAN FRANCISCO — After losing a wage and overtime lawsuit in California federal court Costco Wholesale Corp. appealed the judgement in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Recently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal rejected Costco’s appeal to throw out the damages awarded to the managers in the lawsuit. In the initial lawsuit, the managers […]
SAN FRANCISCO — An overtime pay lawsuit against Safelite AutoGlass in California federal court has recently been dismissed. The dismissal was initially requested, not by Safelite, but by the former technician who originally filed the lawsuit. The former technician had claimed the company failed to pay the overtime wages he was entitled to and he […]
SAN FRANCISCO — The owners of five San Francisco Bay Area care facilities which provide care for the elderly and the ill settled an overtime pay lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) shortly before the New Year. The settlement will provide close to $640,000 to 24 employees working for the five facilities. The […]