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Customer Service Representatives Stiffed of Pre- and Post-Shift WagesNewark, NJ On September 22, Rusty Brittain and Richard Tounsel, two call center workers, filed a collective and class action unpaid wage lawsuit against their former employer.
Brittain v. DialAmerica Marketing, Inc. alleges that DialAmerica had an established practice of failing to pay customer service representatives for all hours worked as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. Townsel has filed an additional claim under Illinois wage and hour laws. The lawsuit seeks damages and other relief on behalf of all similarly situated employees for the past three years. DialAmerica employs more than 5,000 call service representatives and managers at locations throughout the country, so the affected class could be large.
Construction Laborers Pension Plan Sues Investment Manager for ERISA BreachLos Angeles, CA On September 15, the Construction Laborers Pension Plan for Southern California and the Board of Trustees for that fund filed an ERISA lawsuit against Meketa Investment Group and Judy Chambers. The lawsuit alleges that Meketa breached its fiduciary duty to the Pension Fund by advising it to invest $30 million in participants’ retirement savings in a California-focused Infrastructure Fund to be managed by Onset General Partner, LLC. Onset was a hastily formed company with ties to Chambers. Meketa then essentially abandoned its fiduciary and contractual duties to review and monitor Onset’s investment program.
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PFAS-Mesh-Talc-ERISA-3M Qui Tam-CA Labor? Background Actor Files California Labor Law Complaint against HBOLos Angeles, CA On the heels of actors talking again to studios regarding labor issues and writers back at work, a background actor in Los Angeles has filed a proposed class action claiming HBO and the production company Cooler Waters Productions, LLC violated California labor laws. Violations include failure to pay overtime and meal and rest period premiums, failure to provide accurate wage statements and issue all wages earned prior to an employee’s termination.
Operators of 14 Subway Restaurants: Sell or ShutdownSan Francisco, CA On the heels of a federal investigation into illegal child labor, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has issued the owners of 14 Subway franchises an ultimatum: Sell or Shut Down. Once the public and communities at those 14 locations know how John Michael Meza, his wife, Jessica L. Meza and their associate Hamza “Mike” Ayesh endangered the safety and well-being of children, perhaps they would be wise to shut down and leave town…
$12.5 Billion PFAS Settlement Revised to Extend 3M LiabilityCharleston, SC On August 29, the District Court for the District of South Carolina preliminarily approved a revision to the $12.5 billion proposed settlement in a class action perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl lawsuit brought by a long list of water utilities. The settlement was reached after a five-year legal battle that involved 37.4 million pages of discovery documents and more than 160 depositions. The revision is specifically designed to protect the utilities from some future liabilities.
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