Protecting The Rights Of Workers
Throughout California
In California, the vast majority of workers are supposed to receive 1.5 times their regular rate of pay for each hour worked in excess of eight in a single workday. If you work more than 12 hours in a single workday, you're supposed to be paid double your regular rate...
Workers in California who believe they have not been paid the wages or benefits owed by their employers may take their claims to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE). This state agency is responsible for the enforcement of wage and hour laws. When an...
The state of California has picked up where the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) left off — specifically with regard to pay reporting requirements for employers. The EEOC decided to stop efforts to collect "Component 2" pay data. Legislators in...
The discount supermarket chain Aldi has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a wage and hour claim brought by more than 2,000 California store workers. In the class action claim, the workers alleged that the German retailer denied them minimum wage and overtime pay...
A former marketing vice president for Silicon Valley company Carta is suing the company for wrongful termination, retaliation, gender discrimination, and violations of the California Equal Pay Act. According to her lawsuit, she was subjected to unequal pay on the...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is ordering Apple to compensate workers for the time they spend on bag checks once their shift at work is complete. The move is a reversal of an earlier decision by the court that worked in favor of Apple. The...
Amazon is being sued for alleged violations of the California Labor Code. The plaintiff in the case is a former IT support technician who worked for Amazon for six months in 2019. The lawsuit seeks class action status, with the proposed class including all salaried IT...
Did you recently discover that your current or former employer failed to pay you all the wages you were owed? Maybe you always knew that something wasn’t right with your paychecks, but you weren't aware of your wage and hour rights at the time. Sometimes employers in...
Air Methods Corporation, a medical helicopter service that operates in California, must pay $78 million to employees as part of a settlement reached in a class-action lawsuit brought against the company. The lawsuit alleged that Air Methods violated wage and hour law...
For decades, workers in California have turned to the Equal Pay Act for protection when employers unfairly pay their employees less than employees of the opposite sex. In 2015, the state significantly expanded workers' rights with the signing of the California Fair...
