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A $7.5 million racial discrimination settlement is reached with Wet Seal

A three-year investigation conducted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) determined that clothing retailer, Wet Seal Inc., favored a caucasian workforce. Additionally, the EEOC found that Wet Seal’s upper level management had discriminated against Nicole Cogdell, a former store manager by removing her from her manager’s role. Nicole Cogdell and two other former managers filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the company alleging an […]

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EEOC sues Dynamic Medical for religious discrimination after forcing employees to attend Scientology Courses

Dynamic Medical Services, Inc., a medical and chiropractic services company is being accused, in a lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) of violated federal law by requiring employees to attend Scientology courses. (Case No. 1:13-cv-21666). According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the Dynamic Medical required employees, including Norma Rodriguez, Maykel Ruz, Rommy Sanchez, Yanileydis Capote to spend approximately half […]

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Bank of America is facing a lawsuit claiming unpaid overtime violations

Bank of America is facing an “unpaid overtime” class action lawsuit on behalf of approximately 850 Mortgage Origination Employees including (but not limited to) Retail Sales Managers, Account Executives, LoanLine Sales Manager, Sales Leader, Manager NCS Production, LoanLine Sales Assistant Manager, Renovation Loan Originator, Home Loans Manager, and Mortgage Loan Associates. (1:12-cv-8681) This is the second employment lawsuit […]

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San Francisco Giants must pay $700,000 in back wages and fines following a Labor Department Investigation

According to a recent San Francisco Chronicle report, “as a result of a federal audit by the U.S. Labor Department, The San Francisco Giants baseball team has agreed to pay approximately $700,000 in back wages and penalties to 74 batboys, cooks, clubhouse attendants and other employees for alleged improper salary practices.” The Giants were allegedly paying these employees a flat game rate, even though, according to […]

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Dry cleaning employee sues for unpaid overtime pay

Former Image Dry Cleaner and Laundry, Inc., employee, David Greer has filed a lawsuit against the company claiming he was not properly paid for overtime work in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. (Case No. 4:11-cv-00827) According to Greer, during his employment, he was improperly classified and paid as an exempt employee. Many companies […]

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Prison management company, GEO Group has reached a settlement in a sexual harassment suit with the EEOC

The GEO Group, Inc., a prison management company, that runs over 100 private prison facilities across the country, has reached a $140,000 settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Arizona Civil Rights Division (ACRD). According to the EEOC and ACRD, GEO Group had an extreme tolerance for sexual harassment. Specifically, the EEOC and ACRD alleged that male managers at GEO […]

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What are the rules regarding tip-pooling in California?

It seems, as long as there have been waiters, waitresses and other service industry workers, there has been tip-pooling. For the protection of these service industry employees, California legislature passed a law in 1929, prohibiting employers from taking any portion of their employees’ tips. However, the law did permit employers to credit tips against employees’ wages, i.e., use tips in […]

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Merrill Lynch has reached a $12 million employment lawsuit settlement

Merrill Lynch has reached a $12 million settlement, ending an unpaid overtime class action brought by their employees who provided support services to brokers. According to the lawsuit, Merrill Lynch client associates were allegedly paid overtime based on an incorrect and low regular rate of pay and that Merrill Lynch failed to properly record and account for all […]

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Several Los Angeles Hospitals Sued For Employment Law Violations

The California Labor Commissioner, Julie Su has filed a lawsuit against several Los Angeles area hospitals, claiming they owe their employees $9 million in wages, and the State of California $52 million in damages. Federal and state laws require most employers to pay overtime. The overtime premium is 50% of the employee’s usual hourly wage. This means an employee who […]

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The nanny for Puff Daddy’s twin daughters is suing their mother for abuse and failure to pay overtime.

Dawn Drago, the former nanny for rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ twin daughters, has filed a lawsuit against their mother, Kim Porter and Combs’ company, Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group for battery and wrongful termination. According to Drago, she was originally hired her as a personal chef. However, after Porter fired their previous nanny, Drago became the chef, house manager and full-time nanny for […]

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Oil and Gas Company Facing An Overtime Lawsuit

Joseph Gauthier, a field engineer has filed a $10 million class action lawsuit against Trican Well Service Ltd, an oil and gas well company, for misclassifying the field engineers as exempt employees in an attempt to deny them overtime wages. If the allegations are true, Trican would be in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). (Case No. 6:13-cv-00046) […]

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Mitsubishi and Meineke Care Center Facing Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The family of Jessica Fertitta, 25, has filed a lawsuit against Mitsubishi International Corp., Smylie Unlimited and Meineke Car Care Centers for allegedly causing her death, saying she burned to death in a fire after her car malfunctioned and randomly burst into flames. (Case No. A193-933) According to the local news reports, Jessica Fertitta had only driven a half a […]

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