January 28, 2020
A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to certify a class of approximately 1,800 California baristas alleging Starbucks required them to work off-the-clock while closing stores, finding the workers' experiences were too varied for the allegations to be resolved on a classwide basis.
January 27, 2020
A former Starbucks Corp. barista urged a California federal judge on Monday to certify a class of about 1,800 Golden State baristas alleging the coffee giant didn't pay workers adequately for closing its stores, saying company-wide policies required that closing procedures be done after baristas clocked out.
March 10, 2014
A California federal court tossed out a putative class action Friday that alleged Starbucks Corp. did not pay its employees adequately for closing its stores, saying the minutes baristas spent conducting closing procedures after clocking out was too minimal to warrant the coffee giant's payment of unpaid wages.