Minimum Wage Violations
Storm Water California Labor Law Settlement
Storm Water Inspection & Maintenance Services, Inc. (SWIMS) is putting up half a million dollars to settle a class action alleging it violated California labor laws in a number of ways. For example, the complaint alleged the company did not pay proper overtime and minimum wages, did not provide required meal and rest breaks, and Read more
Minor League Baseball Players Wage and Hour Settlement
Major League Baseball (MLB) and the MLB clubs are settling a class action alleging that minor league players were not paid proper minimum wages and overtime for all work performed, as required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state labor laws in California, Arizona, and Florida. Read more
Los Angeles Atlantic Express Corp. Wage and Hour California Settlement
Los Angeles Atlantic Express Corp. is paying $200,000 to resolve a class action that centers on California employment laws. According to the complaint, the company did not pay proper wages and overtime, allow proper rest and meal breaks, provided proper wage statements, and paid all wages owed at termination, as the laws require. Read more
VIPKid Misclassification of Teachers Settlement
This settlement resolves an employment class action against VIPKids International, Inc., which does business as VIPKid. The complaint alleged that teachers were willfully misclassified as independent contractors, that they were not paid proper minimum wages and overtime, did not get proper meal and rest breaks, were not given itemized wage statements, and so on. A Read more
Ecolab Wage and Hour California Labor Law Settlement
Ecolab, Inc. is settling a class action alleging it violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and various California labor laws. Among other things, the complaint alleged the company did not pay proper minimum and overtime wages, did not give workers the required meal and rest breaks, did not provide itemized wage statements, did Read more
Merrill Lynch Wage and Hour California Settlement
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. is putting up more than $1.3 million to settle a California class action alleging it did not follow all California labor laws regarding its client associates. The allegations included that it did not pay client associates for all hours worked, did not pay the statutory premium wage for Read more
SCR Medical Transportation Wage Settlement
SCR Medical Transportation, Inc. is paying $1.2 million to settle a class action alleging that its drivers had to wait in line longer than the allotted fifteen minutes per shift before clocking in or out. The complaint alleged that the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, and the Chicago Read more
City Wav Employees Unpaid Wages, Unpaid Overtime FLSA, NYLL Class Action
In this class action, the issue is wages and the defendants are employers, including City Wav Corp., an individual known as Andre “Doe,” and some possible “John Does I-V.” The complaint alleges that the City Wav defendants did not pay employees at proper overtime rates, when they worked more than forty hours per week, and Read more
Apple Store Workers Bag Check Settlement
Apple, Inc. is paying almost $30 million to settle two class actions alleging that employees in retail stores had to submit to checks of their bags and personal electronics but were not paid for the time. One of the class actions brought suit for failure to pay minimum and overtime wages and other violations of Read more
California ConAgra Foods Labor Law Settlement
ConAgra Foods, Inc., Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., and ConAgra Foods Packaged Foods, LLC are settling four combined class actions alleging the companies did not follow federal or state labor laws at certain of their facilities in California. The complaints alleged that the companies did not provide the required meal and rest breaks, pay proper minimum and Read more
