Cases—Wage & Hour
Investigations
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Vacation Pay Class Actions
Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., has successfully represented workers in numerous vacation pay class actions in California and Illinois. We have obtained forfeited vacation pay for more than 50,000 class members, including former employees of Providian, Adecco, Sodexho, CKE Restaurants, Bakers Square, and Gottschalks.
We are currently investigating several California, Illinois and Maryland employers in the retail, fast food and temporary staffing industries with “use it or lose it” vacation pay policies or vacation pay policies that delay accrual of vacation time until year-end .
If you are an individual with a potential vacation pay, Paid Time Off, overtime pay or other employment-related question, please contact Dan Feinberg or Todd Jackson.
Current Cases
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Helgren v. Amgen, Inc., Case No. 06-07182, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Ruggeri v. Boehringer Ingelheim Corp., Case No. 06-01985, U.S. District Court for the District of ConnecticutLewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, along with co-counsel, represent current and former pharmaceutical representatives in several class action lawsuits seeking to recover for unpaid overtime. Plaintiffs claim that defendants of violate the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state wage and hour laws by failing to pay overtime.
For further information about the case, please contact Todd Jackson or Jim Keenley.
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Gutierrez v Schmid Insulation Contractors Inc., et. al., Case Number: CV 07-5852-GW
Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., Sullivan Taketa LLP, and MALDEF Join Forces In A Lawsuit To Recover Wages For Employees Who Were Forced To Work “Off The Clock” Without Pay
The firm, along with co-counsel, represent plaintiffs and a putative class of construction workers, who plaintiffs allege have been wrongfully denied pay for all the hours they work. These claims for unpaid wages could affect over a thousand workers throughout California who work for Western Insulation, Paragon Schmid, or Masco Contractor Services. View the press release about the case in English or Spanish.
For further information about the case, please contact Todd Jackson or Teresa Renaker.
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In Re: Farmers Insurance Exchange Claims Representatives’ Overtime Pay LitigationMDL Docket No. 1439 (All Cases)
For more information on the status of this litigation, please see www.farmersovertime.com.
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In re: American Family Mutual Insurance Company Overtime Pay Litigation, MDL Case No. 1743, United States District Court for the District of Colorado
In a class action lawsuit filed in federal court in Denver, Colorado, plaintiffs charge that American Family Mutual Insurance Company has a common practice of refusing to pay overtime compensation to its auto property damage claim adjusters in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the overtime laws of four states. The plaintiffs allege that American Family Mutual Insurance Company unlawfully characterizes the claims adjusters as exempt in order to deprive them of overtime pay.
For further information about the case, please www.americanfamilyovertimelawsuit.com or contact Todd Jackson.
Significant Past Cases
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Giannetto, et al. v. Computer Sciences Corp., Case No. 03-CV-8201 TJH
On April 21, 2005, Counsel for plaintiffs announced that the parties have reached a settlement of an overtime pay class action lawsuit against Computer Sciences Corporation (“CSC”) on behalf of a group of technology workers. The settlement, approved by U.S. District Court Judge George P. Schiavelli of the Central District of California, resolved all of the named plaintiffs’ and class members’ overtime claims against CSC in exchange for the payment by defendants of $24 million.
The settlement included all persons who worked for CSC as an Associate Member of Technical Staff (“S01”), Member of Technical Staff B (“S02”), Member of Technical Staff A (“S03”), Senior Member of Technical Staff (“S04”), or Computer Scientist (“S05”) at any time between November 12, 2000, and April 1, 2005. The state law classes include the same persons from January 6, 2000, for all states (except New York and Maine), Guam, and Puerto Rico, for New York from October 1, 1998 and for Maine from January 6, 1998.
Counsel for named plaintiffs and class members are Todd Jackson and Margo Hasselman of Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., along with co-counsel.
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Rosenburg, et al., v. IBM, Case No. C06-0430 (JCS)
In early 2006, Lewis Feinberg Lee Renaker & Jackson, along with co-counsel, filed suit against IBM, alleging that the company had failed to pay overtime to technology workers. In July of 2007, Judge Hamilton of the Northern District of California granted final approval of a settlement of $65 million for a class of present and former technology workers employed by IBM. The settlement covers technology workers at IBM who install, maintain or support computer software or equipment and who plaintiffs alleged IBM of failed to pay overtime wages.
For further information about the case, please contact Todd Jackson.
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Vacation Pay for Providian Employees
On January 21, 2004, the California Superior Court in San Francisco gave final approval to the settlement of a class action suit seeking unpaid vacation pay on behalf of approximately 7,000 former employees of Providian Financial Corporation, Providian Bancorp Services, and First Select Corporation. The settlement provided $4.5 million in vacation pay to class members. Class payments were then mailed directly to class members, without requiring them to make claims or fill out paperwork. The Class was represented by Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker, & Jackson, P.C.; Levy, Ram & Olson, LLP; and William F. Adams Law Offices.
If you are an individual with a potential vacation pay, Paid Time Off, overtime pay or other employment-related question, please contact Dan Feinberg or Todd Jackson. We are currently investigating several California and Illinois employers in the retail and fast food industries with “use it or lose it” vacation pay policies or vacation pay policies that delay accrual of vacation time until year end.
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Gerlach, et al. v. Wells Fargo & Co., Case No. C-05-0585-CW, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Settlement Reached in Class Action Overtime Litigation. On January 19, 2007, the Northern California District Court gave final approval to a $12.8 million settlement of this class action lawsuit, filed on behalf of a group of information workers at Wells Fargo. The settlement resolves all of the named plaintiffs’ and class members’ overtime claims against Wells Fargo in exchange for the payment by defendants of $12.8 million. Current and former employees were paid from a fund created by the settlement.
The suit was filed by plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and approximately 4,500 current and former Wells Fargo employees nationwide, for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), California’s Unfair Competition Law and wage and hour laws, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
Along with co-counsel, Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C represented the named plaintiffs and class members. For more information, please contact Todd Jackson.