Unpaid Overtime

LG Electronics Pay, Overtime, Breaks California Class Action

LG Electronics USA, Inc. makes home appliances, electronics, and mobile communications products— refrigerators, air conditioners, cell phones, televisions, washing machines, and so on. Unfortunately, the complaint for this California class action makes allegations that are all too common—that employees are not paid for all hours worked and not properly compensated for missed meal or rest  Read more

Rite Aid Unpaid Security Search Time California Class Action

This California labor law class action brings familiar complaints about off-the-clock work, overtime, and meal breaks against Rite Aid Corporation and Thrifty Payless, Inc. The first eight causes of action are intended as class action claims under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 23. The ninth is brought on behalf of the California Labor  Read more

Kohl’s Assistant Store Managers Exempt from Overtime California Class Action

California labor law requires that assistant managers must be paid overtime pay for overtime hours worked, unless more than half of their time is spent on management work. The complaint for this class action alleges that Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc. and Kohl’s Corporation improperly classify their assistant store managers (ASMs) as exempt from this requirement  Read more

Allied Universal Security Services Collective Action for Unpaid Wages

This is not a settlement at this time. It is an invitation to join a collection action against Universal Protection Services, LP, which does business as Allied Universal Security Services. The complaint alleges that Allied required employees to perform job duties before and after their shifts but did not pay them for these duties. It  Read more

Cognizant Technology Overtime Settlement

Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation and Cognizant Technology Solutions are paying well over $5 million to settle a class and collective action alleging that they did not pay workers proper overtime. The collective action claims the companies violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); the class action brings suit for violations under California’s labor laws.  Read more

Du Pont and Adecco All Wages Due Settlement

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and Adecco USA, Inc. are paying $5 million to settle a class action concerning people who worked twelve-hour shifts at DuPont’s Towanda, Pennsylvania facility. The complaint alleged the workers were not paid, or not properly paid, for the time they spent donning and doffing gear or engaging in  Read more

Phillips 66 Construction Field Representatives Misclassification Settlement

Phillips 66 Company is paying just short of a half a million dollars to settle a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The complaint alleged that Construction Field Representatives staffed by Hayes Fields Services were misclassified as independent contractors and therefore paid a day rate without any overtime pay.  Read more

Primary Provider Management Misclassifying Employees as Exempt Settlement

This settlement resolves a class action against Primary Provider Management, Inc., Agilon Health, Inc., Cyber Pro Systems (which does business as Medical Data Exchange, Inc.), and MDX Hawaii, Inc. for alleged violations of California wage and hour labor laws and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). According to the complaint, the companies misclassified nurses who  Read more

McDonald’s Overtime and Breaks Labor Violations California Class Action

This California class action brings suit against McDonald’s Restaurants of California, Inc. and McDonald’s USA, LLC for employment violations. Among the allegations are unpaid overtime and failure to allow for proper rest and meal breaks. As is usual in such cases, these violations have led to “downstream” problems, such as inaccurate wage statements and waiting  Read more

Dick’s Sporting Goods Off-the-Clock Security Check California Class Action

Companies sometimes ask employees to perform some type of work before they’ve clocked in or after they’ve clocked out—for example, putting on protective gear or starting up computer systems. In this class action, a worker at Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. complains that she is forced to wait in line, off the clock, for a security  Read more