June 23, 2022
A California federal judge gave his final blessing to a $1.75 million settlement to claims that Juul Labs Inc. and a canvassing company misclassified campaign workers as independent contractors, but slashed a request for attorney fees by more than $200,000.
May 27, 2022
In the coming week, a California federal court is set to rule on whether Jan-Pro Franchising International misclassified cleaning workers as independent contractors, in a long-running suit that went to the Ninth Circuit. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in the Golden State.
March 01, 2022
Attorneys told a California federal judge they deserve $750,000 in fees and costs for representing about 370 canvassers who claimed Juul and two companies misclassified them as independent contractors during an unsuccessful bid to legalize e-cigarettes in San Francisco, saying they took a significant risk.
December 21, 2021
Juul and two companies that ran an unsuccessful 2019 bid to legalize e-cigarettes in San Francisco have agreed to pay $1.75 million to about 370 canvassers, seeking to end a lawsuit claiming the companies misclassified workers as independent contractors.
October 14, 2020
Canvassers for a Juul-backed San Francisco political campaign should not be granted class certification in an overtime suit, the e-cigarette company argued, because they failed to show Juul had an employment relationship with them or that they share similar circumstances.
October 02, 2020
Canvassers for a Juul Labs-backed political campaign aren't its employees because the vape pen maker did not directly hire and control them under California's worker classification law, the company has argued in federal court.
August 13, 2020
Juul can't arbitrate a wage-and-hour lawsuit filed by canvassers for its unsuccessful 2019 bid to legalize e-cigarettes in San Francisco, a California federal judge has ruled, finding that the agreements the workers signed weren't broad enough to cover their claims.