202 results for 'cat:"Employment" AND cat:"Class Action"'.
J. Holcomb grants final approval of a class action settlement in a wage-and-hour class action. Class counsel adequately represented the proposed settlement class. The settlement amount of $2.85 million is adequate, fair and reasonable. The method for distributing relief is adequate. The treatment of class members is equitable. $832,199 is awarded in attorney fees, $20,038 is awarded in litigation costs, $26,000 is awarded for administrative costs, and the two named plaintiffs are awarded $10,000 and $7500.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Holcomb, Filed On: May 14, 2024, Case #: 5:21cv287, NOS: Labor/Management Relations - Labor, Categories: employment, class Action
J. Gilliam grants final approval to a $725,000 class settlement with Hyatt Corp. over claims of unpaid overtime wages from their security guards. The terms appear fair and include $180,000 in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Gilliam, Filed On: May 13, 2024, Case #: 4:22cv693, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: employment, Settlements, class Action
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J. Bybee finds that the district court properly issued an order compelling arbitration for California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) individual claims brought by a class lead plaintiff and vacated the order to the extent it compels arbitration of her non-individual claims. The matter is remanded to the district court to dispose of the non-arbitrable claims. The matter is a class action under PAGA for violations of California’s labor code. Affirmed in part.
Court: 9th Circuit, Judge: Bybee, Filed On: May 10, 2024, Case #: 22-56209, Categories: Arbitration, employment, class Action
J. Rothstein remands the job applicant's class action alleging that the furniture company violated Washington law by not posting the wage scale or salary of its job opening. The job applicant does not plausibly allege a cause of action, because while a job posting that does not contain compensation information is a technical violation, it does not harm or create a material risk of harm. The applicant lacks Article III standing, so the court does not have subject matter jurisdiction.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Rothstein, Filed On: May 10, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv1742, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment, Jurisdiction, class Action
J. Nye grants an employee's motion for reimbursement of fees and costs in a matter in which pizza delivery drivers allege their employer underpaid them and did not reimburse them for vehicle-related expenses. The employees sought contact information for former employees from the employer, but the employer alleges that it lost access to that information after changing payroll providers. The employees used publication notice to reach potential class members. The employer knew of the employees' imminent state law claims and failed to preserve the employee information in anticipation of litigation. The employees are entitled to reimbursement for the costs of the publication notice.
Court: USDC Idaho, Judge: Nye, Filed On: May 7, 2024, Case #: 1:17cv283, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: employment, class Action
J. Rothstein dismisses the job applicant's class action alleging that the furniture company violated Washington law by not posting the wage scale or salary of its job opening. The job applicant fails to state his claim because while intangible injuries like the omission of statutorily required information can be concrete, the job applicant actually alleges a technical violation because the job posting's lack of information does not harm or create a material risk of harm to any single person's concrete interest.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Rothstein, Filed On: April 30, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv1742, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, employment, class Action
J. Slaughter grants an employee's motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement in a wage and hour suit. The adequacy of representation requirement is met, preliminary certification of the proposed settlement is proper, the settlement terms of the PAGA claim are fair, adequate, and reasonable and the proposed settlement meets notice requirements.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Slaughter, Filed On: April 26, 2024, Case #: 2:19cv7077, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: employment, Settlements, class Action
J. Volk grants the coal miner's post-trial motion to file a retainer agreement under seal, and the order awarding attorneyfees and expenses in the successful class action brought against the two management and three coal companies for violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. The companies failed to provide notice to the full-time employees of the Burke Mountain Mine Complex in McDowell County of an impending lay-off of more than 50 employees in October 2019. The court amends its judgment order to include the language "This judgment applies to the 164 miners to whom Rule 23(c)(2) notice was directed, none of whom has requested exclusion, and whom the Court finds to be members of the certified class in this matter" and reflect a total award of $1,738,743, a statutory fee award of $110,992 and $45,593 in expenses, and $15,000 to the miner as class representative service fee, with an order to file an amended notice of class judgment by April 15. Additionally, the court denies the companies' renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law or in the alternative a new trial.
Court: USDC Southern District of West Virginia, Judge: Volk, Filed On: March 31, 2024, Case #: 5:20cv165, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: employment, class Action, Labor