By Ian Carleton Schaefer, Meg Thering and Gregg Settembrino[1]
The unrelenting wave of wage and hour suits continues to roll through the high-tech industry.
On July 21, 2014, in Felczer v. Apple Inc., Judge Ronald S. Prager of the Superior Court of California granted class certification as to a class of approximately 21,000 current and former Apple retail and corporate employees on claims alleging Apple failed to provide timely meal and rest breaks as required under California Law. The California Labor Code, with a few exceptions, requires employers to provide non-exempt employees ...
By Meg Thering
On May 27, 2014, employees of high-tech firms in the Silicon Valley filed a motion in the Northern District of California seeking approval of a settlement agreement releasing antitrust claims they had brought against Adobe Systems, Incorporated, Apple Inc., Google, Inc., and Intel Corporation. In the complaint, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had agreed to refrain from hiring each other’s employees in an effort to drive down compensation levels in the Silicon Valley. Specifically, the complaint alleged that Defendants entered into “illegal ...
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