Litigation
Sep. 27, 2013
Justices: Company's policy on unused vacation failed to compensate workers
The ruling affirms a judgment totaling more than $10 million in a class action lawsuit brought against the company in 2005.
By Alexandra Schwappach
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An appellate court ruled Wednesday that a printer company's "use it or lose it" vacation policy failed to compensate employees for unused vacation and personal days according to California law. The ruling affirms a judgment totaling more than $10 million in damages, costs, attorney fees and interest in a class action lawsuit brought against the company in 2005. Lexmark allegedly amended its company policy in 1991 to require...
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