SAN FRANCISCO — Sales and stockroom associates at California Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co. filed a putative class action lawsuit claiming misclassification and wrongful denial of overtime pay on July 30 in California state court. This week their claim was removed to California federal court. The company requested the change of courts because the associates’ […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Ma Laboratories Inc., an information technology distributor, will have to continue litigating the class action wage and overtime pay lawsuit its workers brought against it. The proposed class action recently received conditional certification from a California judge for both the overall proposed class and the subclasses it is divided into. The workers […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Unlicensed accountants and audit employees for Deloitte & Touche LLP were denied class recertification in the Ninth Circuit earlier this month. The three-judge panel refused the plaintiffs’ request to reverse the lower court’s decision decertifying the group based on a lack of common issues. The panel found the district court judge’s ruling […]
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit was recently urged to revive a former Medtronic Inc. salesman’s class action overtime lawsuit. The former salesman claims the medical device company failed to pay proper overtime to its sales associates in California in violation of California labor laws. Jonathan Sultan, the former Medtronic salesman, claims if his individual […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Nielsen Co. LLC, the company known for tabulating how many viewers watch which television programs, is attempting to settle a putative class action wage and overtime pay lawsuit involving more than 800 of its employees. The employees claim the company denied breaks and overtime wages, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Minor league baseball players filed a class action wage and overtime pay lawsuit in California federal court against Major League Baseball (MLB). The MLB, its 30 teams, and its commissioner are accused of violating state labor laws and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The violations include wages well below state and […]