September 12, 2023
A California federal judge placed the final stamp of approval on a $400,000 settlement between a trucking company and its drivers who claimed they were denied meal and rest breaks after rejecting the first iteration of the deal in 2022, ruling the revised version had fixed those issues.
March 24, 2023
In the next week, attorneys should look out for a potential final signoff on a $2.75 million settlement in a wage and hour class and collective action by shipyard workers. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
October 26, 2022
A California federal judge rejected a proposed $400,000 settlement to claims that trucking firm Knight Transportation deprived drivers of meal and rest breaks in violation of California wage law as unfair and inadequate.
November 12, 2021
Knight Transportation agreed to pay $400,000 to a class of 5,500 truck drivers in a deal that would end a suit in California federal court claiming the company failed to provide the workers with meal and rest breaks.
December 03, 2018
A California federal judge has certified a class of several thousand truck drivers accusing Knight Transportation Inc. of not affording them with mandated meal and rest breaks, saying questions about whether state law even applies to the drivers can be answered on a classwide basis "in one fell swoop."