May 09, 2024
Workers alleging that Charter Communications failed to pay out unused vacation time when it merged with Time Warner Cable asked a California federal judge to grant them a win, saying state wage law unambiguously requires the payouts, while Charter urged the court to find the opposite.
February 03, 2023
Over the next week, attorneys should keep an eye out for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit in a class action against Target alleging vacation time payout violations. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
May 11, 2022
Charter Communications persuaded a California federal judge to narrow a lawsuit from two employees who said they were shorted on unused vacation after Charter's 2016 merger with Time Warner, getting a claim that they'd had to wait too long for compensation for time off they hadn't taken tossed out.
March 18, 2022
In the coming week, labor and employment attorneys should watch out for a preliminary settlement in a case involving California Uber drivers who accused the ride-hailing giant of misclassifying them as independent contractors. Here's a look at that case and other key labor and employment matters on deck in the Golden State.
September 19, 2019
A California federal judge has axed a proposed class action brought on behalf of more than 8,000 former Time Warner Cable employees claiming Charter Communications shorted them on vacation time following the telecom giants' merger.
June 18, 2019
A proposed class of more than 8,000 former Time Warner Cable employees have urged a California federal judge not to nix their suit claiming Charter Communications shorted them on vacation time following the telecom giants' merger.
September 18, 2017
Charter Communications wrongly shorted former Time Warner Cable employees vacation pay in the transition following the telecom giants' $55 billion merger, according to a putative class action that has been removed to California federal court.