Labor/Employment
Jun. 7, 2012
Yelp to settle employee misclassification suit
Internet company Yelp Inc. will pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of account executives claiming they were misclassified as exempt employees, federal court documents show.
By Brian Sumers
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Internet company Yelp Inc. will pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of account executives claiming they were misclassified as exempt employees, federal court documents show.
The proposed settlement, pending before Judge Edward M. Chen in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, seeks to end a suit filed March 2011.
In the complaint, lead plaintiff Justin Larkin claimed he was not subject to ...
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