Employment – Class Actions

Employment Class Actions: Female Attorney Sues Over Unequal Pay

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employment - Class Actions
A female attorney is suing Farmers Insurance, one of the nation's biggest insurance companies. The lawsuit claims that Farmers significantly and systematically underpays female attorneys for performing the same job duties as male attorneys. Plaintiff had 22 years of experience when she was hired as a contract att...

Ex-Sony employees file class-action suit for breach of privacy

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employment - Class Actions
The hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s emails and other data shortly before it was to release the satirical movie “The Interview” has been at the top of the headlines for weeks now. Much of the coverage has focused on what producers and executives at Sony were saying about various celebrities behind c...

Amazon employees say they weren’t paid for long security checks

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employment - Class Actions
A question of U.S. employment law that some observers say is 80 years in the making has arrived before the Supreme Court. Anyone who has ever not been paid for a work-related task, and believes they should have been, will likely take a strong interest in the outcome of this case. The plaintiffs are former empl...