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Walmart Inc. is facing a proposed class and collective action accusing the retailer of requiring hourly employees to perform unpaid work before, during and after their scheduled shifts. Two former employees, Amber Lynn Miank and Dominic Montano, filed the complaint on October 22, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The…
Millions of Americans are voting today, Tuesday, November 3, 2026. For warehouse, retail, manufacturing and other shift workers, getting to a polling place before it closes is not always simple. That worry sits behind a dispute at an Amazon fulfillment center in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Wisconsin law lets employees take up to three successive hours away…
Valnet Inc. and Valnet U.S. Inc. have agreed to pay $2 million to resolve a California class and representative action alleging they misclassified content creators as independent contractors instead of employees. No claim form is required. Valnet’s records are used to identify eligible creators and calculate payments. December 28, 2026 is the deadline to opt…
Ebara Technologies Incorporated has agreed to pay $1,200,000 to resolve a class and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) lawsuit over California wage-and-hour claims. The case is Lal v. Ebara Technologies Incorporated, No. 23CV012499, in Sacramento County Superior Court (Department 8B, Judge Peter K. Southworth). Status as of October 29, 2026: The court granted preliminary approval…
If you applied for a Washington job with STV Incorporated or STV Construction, Inc. between January 1, 2023 and July 26, 2025, you may be able to claim an estimated $1,592.71 from a proposed pay transparency settlement worth up to $415,000. The claim deadline is December 8, 2026. The lawsuit alleges the companies advertised Washington…
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. has agreed to a $1,500,000 wage and overtime settlement, subject to final court approval, to resolve claims over unpaid wages, overtime calculations, meal and rest periods, paid sick leave and related pay practices. The settlement covers non-exempt employees who worked for Tandem in California and certain non-exempt employees elsewhere in the…
Quest Diagnostics’ proposed $6,000,000 settlement resolves long-running wage-and-hour claims by California Route Service Representatives (RSRs), the couriers who pick up and deliver lab specimens. Eligible employees do not need to file a claim form. If the settlement is finally approved, payments will be calculated from Quest’s employment records. A final approval hearing is listed for…
ALDI Foods Pty Ltd must compensate eligible current and former Australian employees under a Federal Court of Australia settlement over unpaid work before and after rostered shifts. On October 23, 2026, Justice McElwaine approved the settlement in Boi v Aldi Foods Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 1576. The union that brought the case, the Shop, Distributive…
Quadrant Technologies LLC has agreed to a proposed $900,000 class action settlement over allegations that its Washington job postings left out the pay range and a description of benefits and other compensation required by state law. The settlement covers people who applied for a Washington job opening with Quadrant between January 1, 2023 and July…