Managers can sue as group for overtime
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court ruled yesterday that 1,400 managers at an Albertsons Inc. unit who claim they were denied overtime pay can sue the second-largest US supermarket chain as a group.
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A federal judge gave undocumented Wal-Mart Stores contract workers the right to seek out colleagues and form a group to collectively sue the company for unpaid overtime and minimum wage violations.
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Participants can sue under a pension protection law to recover their losses, justices said in a unanimous ruling.
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How do you fight a much larger rival? Hire its best managers.
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A Middlesex Superior Court judge in Cambridge has certified a class-action lawsuit filed against Wal-Mart Corp. by workers at its North Attleborough store. The order by Judge Ernest B. Murphy allows more than 55,000 workers nationwide to seek redress as a group, according to San Francisco lawyer Carolyn Beasley Burton, who represents the plaintiffs. The lawsuit alleges that Wal-Mart managers ...
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Blog: Company is also in talks with the group that has sued it, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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Britain's guidelines on working hours infringe European Union law that gives employees the right to minimum daily and weekly rest periods, Europe's highest court has ruled.
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European court rules government is breaking law by not forcing bosses to give staff enough rest between shifts.
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MINNEAPOLIS Hundreds of janitors at Target stores in six states have some back-pay for overtime owed to them by a contractor. The federal Labor Department says contractor Global Building Services has agreed
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December 30, 2004 -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. female workers who are seeking billions of dollars for discriminatory pay and promotion practices should be able to sue the company as a group, a lawyer representing the employees told a US court.
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WASHINGTON - Paychecks could surge or shrink for a few or for millions of workers across the country starting Monday, when sweeping changes to the nation's overtime pay rules take effect.    There is little agreement by the Bush administration, employer groups, labor experts and others on how many workers will gain or lose the right to overtime pay under the new rules in the Fair Labor Standards Act...
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State appellate courts in Missouri and New Mexico on Tuesday upheld decisions to grant class-action status to lawsuits alleging Wal-Mart Stores Inc. deprived hourly workers of wages, requiring them to work "off the clock" before or after shifts.
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I.B.M. agreed to pay $65 million to settle accusations that it illegally denied overtime compensation to thousands of workers.
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Employees at game software makers are speaking out about demanding hours, challenging companies to change their ways. Photo: Family time for former EA worker
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Businesses employing Scottish staff who default on their personal debts face having to administer payments through the payroll from tomorrow.
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A state class-action lawsuit filed yesterday draws a new industry into the debate over whether workers are independent contractors, who are not entitled to overtime pay and other benefits, or employees, who are: courier services.
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A senior banker who claimed she was victimised by her bosses yesterday won her legal action for unfair dismissal against the American investment bank Merrill Lynch.