October 27, 2017
A group of contract custodial workers accusing Avis Budget Group Inc. of violating a Seattle suburb's $15 minimum wage for hospitality and transportation employees can't pursue their claims because they waited far too long to add the right Avis entity to the case, a Washington federal judge ruled Friday, just a week after certifying the class.
October 20, 2017
A Washington federal judge on Friday certified a class of hospitality and transportation workers who provided labor services to Avis Budget Group Inc. through a contract and allege they weren't paid a $15 minimum wage under a Seattle suburb's ordinance, rejecting arguments that the workers who brought the suit are inadequate class representatives.
January 04, 2017
A Washington federal judge said Wednesday he wouldn't reconsider his decision that a janitorial and custodial services giant contracting with Avis Budget Car Rental LLC did not fit the definition of a "transportation employer" and thus did not violate a Seattle suburb's $15 minimum wage for hospitality and transportation workers, but did allow a proposed class of workers to add Avis to the suit.
November 07, 2016
A Washington federal judge has ruled a janitorial and custodial services giant that Avis contracted with did not fit the definition of a "transportation employer," snuffing out class allegations it skirted a Seattle suburb's law mandating a $15 hourly wage for hospitality and transportation workers.