June 04, 2020
A class of Converse workers is urging a California federal judge to preliminarily approve a $1.87 million settlement with the shoe company over claims that Converse failed to pay workers for time they spent clearing post-shift security checks.
April 17, 2020
Converse has reached a deal to resolve a class action accusing it of violating California law by failing to pay workers for time they spent clearing post-shift security checks, marking the likely end of a legal battle the Ninth Circuit brought back to life last year.
October 12, 2017
Converse Inc. beat a class action bag-check suit Wednesday when a federal court ruled that employees alleging they were owed money for time spent going through mandatory bag inspections failed to prove the checks' duration was long enough to merit litigation.
September 23, 2016
A California federal judge on Thursday certified a class of state-based Converse Inc. workers who alleged they were not paid for the time spent going through mandatory bag checks, saying the wage-and-hour claims shared common factors worthy of classwide adjudication.
September 07, 2016
Converse retail store employees urged a California federal judge Wednesday to certify their putative class action alleging they were shorted wages for time spent in off-the-clock security checks, arguing their bag-check claims match those of Nike retail workers who won certification in the same district in August.
August 19, 2016
A proposed class of Converse store employees on Thursday lost out on part of its claims against the retailer regarding lack of pay for mandatory bag checks, when a California federal judge dismissed allegations that overtime pay was miscalculated due to certain bonus payments.
August 16, 2016
A group of Converse store employees on Monday pushed a California federal court to reject the retailer's claim that class certification should be denied because the workers are not forced to clock out before having their bags checked, arguing the layout of the stores makes remaining clocked in impossible.
May 18, 2016
Converse Inc. on Tuesday urged a California federal court to toss claims that it allegedly miscalculated how to factor bonus pay into computing a retail employee's regular pay rate for purposes of overtime wages, in a putative class action over compensation for time spent on bag checks.
May 17, 2016
A former Converse Inc. retail employee who claims the sneaker maker shorted his pay asked a California federal judge on Monday to certify a class of over 1,500 Golden State workers he says lost wages when they were forced to clock out before mandatory bag checks.