Wage law Β· Long-term care AssureCare paid live-in caregivers a flat daily rate while their work stretched from early morning into interrupted nights. Washingtonβs Supreme Court held that the stateβs wage exemption was unconstitutional as applied to caregivers in adultβ¦
TL;DR A California appeals court affirmed that James R. Glidewell, Dental Ceramics, Inc. only had to pay $515,965 in civil penalties after being found liable on four separate Labor Code violations spanning thousands of pay periods and years of underpayment.β¦
Wage Theft at Grand Wailea: The Per-Hour Victory TL;DR The HawaiΚ»i Supreme Court ruled that minimum wage must be paid for each individual hour worked, rejecting the federal “workweek averaging” loophole. Grand Wailea (Waldorf Astoria) was accused of paying spaβ¦
TL;DR Starting in 2020, Amazon required warehouse workers to pass a mandatory COVID-19 symptom screening before they were allowed to clock in for their shift. The screening took 10 to 15 minutes, happened on Amazon’s property under Amazon’s control, andβ¦
Litigation Tactics / Wage & Hour Case file: Overby v. Anheuser-Busch, LLC, No. 25-1520 (4th Cir., decided June 15, 2026) TL;DR Hourly workers at Anheuser-Busch’s Williamsburg, Virginia brewery sued the company, claiming they weren’t paid for required tasks like puttingβ¦
TL;DR The Department of Labor sued Comprehensive Healthcare Management Services LLC, sixteen related entities, and CEO Samuel Halper on behalf of nearly 6,000 employees across 15 Pennsylvania nursing and rehab facilities for wage and hour violations. After a bench trial,β¦
TL;DR Schlumberger paid skilled oil rig workers a hybrid wage: a small guaranteed biweekly salary plus a daily “rig rate” that made up the majority of their actual pay. Workers routinely clocked more than 40 hours a week and receivedβ¦
Wage Theft • Labor Rights • Class Action Gutted The Clock Was Rigged GKN Driveline shaved minutes off workers’ paychecks every single day. A federal class action nearly held them accountable. Then the law ate itself. EvilCorporations.com • Based on:β¦
TL;DR Karla Amezcua, a massage therapist, worked for a Massage Envy franchise in Chula Vista, California from August 2011 to December 23, 2019. Her employer ran an illegal pay scheme that punished her financially for taking legally mandated meal andβ¦
Sierra Lifestar Ambulance Wage Theft | EvilCorporations.com Essential and Expendable: Wage Theft in Emergency Services Investigative Report | EvilCorporations.com Source: Martinez v. Sierra Lifestar, Inc. | Case No. F089576 | California Fifth Appellate District | Filed April 21, 2026 Theyβ¦