Wage & Hour Violations

Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff wage and hour attorneys are proud to have helped thousands of workers in class action cases recover wages and penalties due to employees for violation of California and federal wage and hour law.

Types of wage and hour violations:

UPS Class Action Settlement

KCR served as co-lead counsel on behalf of 23,600 United Parcel Service (UPS) drivers to recover unpaid wages based on allegations that the employer failed to provide meal and rest periods. The cases settled in 2006 for an $87 million cash payment and other benefits to class members valued at more than $4 million.

This is believed to be the largest "meal and rest period” settlement in California history, and was one of the largest nationwide wage and hour settlements of 2006.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Class Action Lawsuit

In late 2006, KCR filed a class action against PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, alleging that the company misclassified its unlicensed associate accountants as exempt employees to avoid paying these employees hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime and other benefits mandated by California law.

In March 2008, the Court certified a class of PwC’s attest associates. Bill Kershaw, Lyle Cook and Stuart Talley of KCR were appointed class counsel.

If you believe you have been the victim of your employer’s illegal failure to pay overtime, provide meal and rest breaks, pay minimum wages, pay wages when owed, or pay other required benefits, fill out and submit the contact form on this page for a free and confidential case evaluation, click "live chat" above to immediately chat with a KCR representative (during working hours), or call us toll-free at (888) 285-3333 to speak with an experienced wage and hour attorney.
 
For more information, visit the PricewaterhouseCoopers Wage & Hour Case Update Page.

Fremont-Rideout Health Group Class Action Lawsuit

On April 3, 2008, David Cooke and Glenn Green, through the law firm of Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff, filed a class action complaint against Fremont-Rideout Health Group ("FRHG”). Defendant FRHG owns and operates numerous health care facilities in Northern California, including Fremont Medical Center in Yuba City and Rideout Memorial Hospital in Marysville.

Plaintiffs David Cooke and Glenn Green, who are both current employees of FRHG, are suing on behalf of all Registered Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses, Monitor Technicians and Respiratory Therapists employed by FRHG in California from March 28, 2004 to the present.

Among the claims asserted in the complaint are allegations that FRHG failed to provide them with meal and rest periods that comply with California law. Plaintiffs believe that the class has been denied compliant meal periods because of the system-wide work schedules imposed by FRHG, which do not permit them to take a work-free meal period within the time required by law.

Plaintiffs also believe that FRHG adopted an invalid alternative workweek schedule, which could result in the payment of significant overtime wages for each 12-hour shift.

The class action complaint was filed in Yuba County Superior Court.

If you have any information that you may believe may be helpful to our case, please fill out and submit the contact form on this page or call us toll-free at (888) 285-3333 to speak with an experienced wage and hour attorney.


 


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