November 08, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for potential final approval of a nearly $16 million settlement for Delta Air Lines flight attendants alleging wage claims. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
January 22, 2024
The arbitration agreements four workers signed with Apple are valid and not unconscionable, a California federal judge found, ruling that their overtime claims against the tech giant must go into individual arbitration.
January 10, 2024
A California federal judge on Wednesday said he was inclined to grant Apple's request to compel arbitration for some of the plaintiffs in a proposed Fair Labor Standards Act collective action alleging the tech giant shorted certain employees' overtime wages, saying arbitration provisions within their contracts appear valid and not unconscionable.
November 17, 2023
In the next two weeks, attorneys should watch for a potential signoff on a $30 million settlement in a long-running class action by cleaning workers against Jan-Pro Franchising International Inc. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
October 27, 2023
Apple asked a California federal judge to shuttle into arbitration workers' claims the company shorted their overtime wages by failing to include stock compensation into overtime calculations, saying they each signed agreements to arbitrate that are enforceable under federal law.
August 10, 2023
A California federal judge ruled that ex-Apple retail workers will have to amend claims that the tech giant breached California's Unfair Competition Law by failing to incorporate stock compensation into calculations of overtime pay.
May 25, 2023
An Apple employee's suit alleging the company has been shorting workers' overtime wages by failing to factor company shares into overtime pay calculations should be tossed, the tech giant argued, telling a California federal court the "barebones complaint'' is unsupported by evidence.