Archive for January, 2006

More OT Woes

Posted by Lori Dorn on January 24th, 2006

That nasty wage and hour thing just doesn’t seem to go away.
(01-24) 17:40 PST San Francisco (AP) –
International Business Machines Corp. was sued in federal court Tuesday for allegedly not paying overtime to tens of thousands of rank-and-file employees.
The suit was filed in U.S. District Court on behalf of three current and former workers, and [...]

Average No More

Posted by Lori Dorn on January 11th, 2006

In an interesting case, the CA Court of Appeals (Second District, Division Six) deemed the practice of averaging wages to meet minimum wage requirements, considered acceptable by the FLSA, to be a violation of California minimum wage laws.
In the case, Armenta v. Osmose, Inc., workers were paid well over minimum wage for their [...]

The 9th Circuit Speaks

Posted by Lori Dorn on January 2nd, 2006

The 9th Circuit recently upheld a jury decision from 2003 on a case in which an employer terminated an employee due to his criminal and mental health history. The employee, Joshua Josephs, worked for Pacific Bell for several months before it was discovered that he did not disclose the fact that he had been [...]