Cognizant Technology Solutions will pay $5.7 million after being accused of violating federal and state labor laws. The dispute, affecting two Classes, concerns wage and hour infractions. In August 2017, an employee filed a complaint against Cognizant Technology Solutions for failing to pay employees proper overtime wages. The plaintiff claimed that the company discounted Tru… Read More
On March 11, 2020, COVID-19 was declared by the World Health Organization to be a global pandemic. Recent news related to the global COVID-19 health crisis has Uber facing a class-action lawsuit. Uber is accused of wrongly classifying drivers as independent contractors, thereby skirting the obligation to pay for sick leave, creating a health threat… Read More
On May 31, 2020, the Central District of California Court approved a preliminary $6 million settlement for a class-action suit brought against CoreLogic Valuation Solutions for failing to pay employees for overtime. The lawsuit, Harriett Mitchell v. CoreLogic, Inc., et al, was filed in December 2017 by a former employee of the company who claims… Read More
On April 3, 2020, a former employee of Velodyne Lidar filed a class-action lawsuit against the company for layoffs supposedly related to COVID-19. The plaintiff, Benjamin Siers, filed the lawsuit in San Jose’s US District Court and claims that the autonomous vehicle technology company dismissed more than 140 employees with only one day of written… Read More
Former female employees of Oracle scored a major win in the California Supreme Court late last month after a judge certified their class-action suit. The lawsuit, filed in August 2017 by former employees Rong Jewett, Sophy Wang, Xian Murray, Marilyn Clark, Manjari Kant, and Elizabeth Sue Petersen, claims that Oracle paid the women an average… Read More
On February 18, 2020, Riverside employees of UPS Supply Chain Solutions filed a class-action lawsuit against the company. The lawsuit, submitted to Riverside County Superior Court, alleges that UPS failed to pay minimum wages, pay overtime wages, and provide adequate breaks under California labor law. In California, an employer must pay their workers for all… Read More
On February 1, 2020, an employee of Spotify brought a class action lawsuit against the music company for reclassifying his employment status without notifying him. The plaintiff, Matthew Elias, was employed with Spotify for two years. He alleges that Spotify classified him as a non-exempt employee from July 2016 to July 2018, but then reclassified… Read More
California’s “Bounty Hunter” law provides employees with wide latitude to file employment claims. The law, formally known as the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), assesses hefty penalties on employers for wage and hour and other labor code violations. As long as the employee was wronged, or “aggrieved,” they can file suit under section… Read More
On February 13, 2020, the Ninth Circuit of the Supreme Court of California ordered Apple to pay lost wages to employees who had to wait up to 45 minutes for bag checks before leaving work. The court order, submitted by Judge Tani Cantil-Sakauye, comes after a nearly seven-year battle between two employees and the tech… Read More