Pending Class Action Lawsuits

The Rubin Law Corporation is currently involved in several wage and hour class action lawsuits * We regularly work together with specialized law firms which are exclusively devoted to litigating class action lawsuits on behalf of employees.:

Jenkins et al v. Luxottica Group S.p.A., et al, Case No. CV 08-5394 AHS (MLGx). This is a class action lawsuit against the national eyewear retail chain Sunglass Hut and its parent corporation Luxottica Group. The proposed plaintiff class consists of all current and former in-store employees of Sunglass Hut locations across California, who allege that the company customarily denied its employees their right to a 10 minute rest period and 30 minute meal break.

This case is illustrative of the penalties and fines that can apply when an employer violates the wage and hour provisions of California's Labor Code. Because of the company's alleged failure to provide an uninterrupted 30-minute meal break every 5 hours and a 10 minute rest period every 4 hours, the plaintiffs maintain separate causes of action against the company for unpaid wages, waiting time penalties, and inaccurate wage statements. Multiplied over a four-year period and among thousands of employees, these penalties can be substantial.

Please check back regularly for updates on the status of these class action cases.

• Are you part of a large class of misclassified employees who is being categorized as "exempt" from overtime pay when in fact you should be paid overtime under the law because you are not really a manager, professional, or member of another "exempt" category?
• Is your employer failing to provide uninterrupted meal periods and break time to you and other employees?
• Are you and other employees in your company being asked to work "off the clock"?

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