Labor/Employment
Sep. 7, 2013
New precedent gives workers fresh fuel for wage lawsuits
Hourly workers are filing more valuable wage lawsuits in California, where recent precedent has provided fresh ammunition to workers who say they weren't paid for their time.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Companies can't keep their employees at work without paying them. The principle may sound simple, but it's spawning a family of lawsuits in California, where recent precedent has provided fresh ammunition to workers who say they weren't paid for their time.
The claim is not new, but the reasons plaintiffs say they must stay at work are increasingly novel. Apple Store employees who wait in...
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