A $215 million settlement has been filed in a recent class action case against Goldman Sachs. The plaintiffs allege a comprehensive bias against women with regards to pay and promotions.
Several laid-off Twitter employees were informed by a recent ruling in their proposed class action lawsuit that they must pursue their claims via individual arbitration instead.
A U.S. District Court Judge in Oregon recently refused to certify a proposed sex discrimination class action t filed by a group of current and former female employees against Nike. The ruling cited insufficient evidence that a potential class of 5,200 female employees were harmed due to a company policy or practice of basing lower pay for female employees due to their former job’s pay.
Two employees of Fred Meyer have filed a $5 million wage class action lawsuit against the grocery chain for violating Oregon’s wage laws
Healthcare staffing agencies have been in the news recently for contracting with their travelling nurses at one pay rate but delivering on a much lower one. Traveling nurses often sign at-will employment contracts.
Vail Resorts has offered a proposed $13.1 settlement in five wage and labor lawsuits.
A class action lawsuit recently filed by approximately 25,000 Disneyland employees claims the company is legally obligated to pay a living wage.
Current and former employees for the call center of Harry & David in Medford, Oregon filed a potential class action lawsuit in March 2018 which was conditionally certified under the FLSA in January 2019.
A proposed class action complaint was filed by a driver of Uber in San Diego alleging that Uber’s star rating system harms minority or accent speaking drivers more than white or non-accent speaking drivers.
Instacart, a grocery delivery company, is facing a proposed class action which alleges the company’s policies were in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied Amazon’s request an en banc panel rehearing in a case which decided that Amazon delivery drivers are considered transportation workers.
A proposed settlement in a wage and hour lawsuit filed in 2017 by Farmers Insurance special investigators received court approval on Monday. The lawsuit alleged that Farmers Insurance failed to pay overtime pay including meal breaks and rest periods under the Fair Labor Standards Act to their special investigators. Each investigator in the lawsuit is set to receive an average of $47,000. The $5.4 million dollar settlement includes any person who worked for Farmers Insurance
A settlement was recently approved against California based Munger Bros. who owns Washington state berry farm, Sarbanand Farms in Sumas, WA.
A class action lawsuit has been filed against UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. It alleges failure to lawfully calculate and pay employees wages.
The Third Circuit revived claims asserted by UberBlack drivers that Uber misclassified them as independent contractors to deny them proper minimum and overtime wages.
A federal judge in California ordered DoorDash to individually arbitrate employment misclassification claims brought by more than 5,000 food couriers rejecting its request to stay the proceedings.
Employees of Northrup Grumman settled a class action with their employer for $12.3 million regarding allegations that the company’s 401(k) plan used an excessively costly management strategy.
A $54.6 million jury verdict for truckers who said Walmart violated California law by not paying minimum wage for breaks and other work interruptions was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit.
U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen, from the Northern District of California, rejected Uber’s motion to dismiss a driver’s suit alleging he was misclassified as an independent contractor and shorted on wages under a new California law.
A golf club once called “America’s snootiest” doesn’t pay its caddies proper wages for their work, according to a proposed class action complaint.
