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Labor/Employment

May 6, 2011

Tech Firms Face Claims They Collude to Lower WorkersÂ’ Pay

Just months after the resolution of a similar case filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, seven leading technology companies have been hit with a lawsuit accusing them of colluding to fix employees' pay.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Just months after the resolution of a similar case filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, seven leading technology companies have been hit with a lawsuit accusing them of colluding to fix employees' pay.


The proposed class action, filed in Alameda County Superior Court Wednesday on behalf of former Lucasfilm Ltd. software engineer Siddharth Hariharan, alleges Lucasfilm and the other companies b...

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