October 03, 2023
A California federal judge on Tuesday signed off on a more than $200,000 fee award for attorneys representing Apple Inc. sales workers, and a $500,000 overall deal resolving the workers' unpaid overtime claims, overriding Apple's argument that the fee award surpasses the Ninth Circuit's 25% benchmark.
September 08, 2023
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for Ninth Circuit oral arguments regarding a union's attempt to revive its case seeking an order requiring an airline catering company to maintain wages during bargaining. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
August 30, 2023
Apple Inc. is pushing a California federal judge to approve a $500,000 settlement to resolve sales workers' missing overtime, commissions and travel compensation claims, but urged against approving their requested attorney fee award, saying it surpasses the Ninth Circuit's 25% benchmark.
August 17, 2023
Counsel for an opt-in class of about 230 Apple Inc. sales workers asked a California federal judge to approve a $500,000 collective action settlement over accusations the Silicon Valley tech giant failed to pay overtime, commissions and to compensate for travel time.
November 22, 2022
A California federal judge on Tuesday sent into arbitration a former Apple employee's suit against the tech company accusing it of failing to pay him for overtime work, calling the ex-worker's claim that there was an opt-out provision in his arbitration agreement "fantastical."
October 21, 2022
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for a trial to start in a wage and hour case against FedEx by delivery drivers. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
October 03, 2022
A former Apple employee urged a California federal judge to find that an agreement to arbitrate unpaid overtime claims he signed with his employer was illegitimate because he was never told he had the right to refuse.