May 08, 2026
In the week ahead, attorneys should keep an eye out for a hearing on a proposed deal to end a military leave class action against Southwest Airlines Co. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
March 12, 2021
The Ninth Circuit won't hear Southwest Airlines' interlocutory challenge to the certification of a class of 6,700 Southwest workers who say the company violated federal law by failing to pay them for short stints of military leave.
March 10, 2021
Southwest Airlines convinced a federal judge to freeze a class action accusing the company of violating federal law by failing to pay thousands of workers for short stints of military time, while the Ninth Circuit mulls whether to second-guess letting the workers proceed as a group.
February 04, 2021
A California federal judge certified a class of nearly 7,000 Southwest Airlines Co. workers who said they were unlawfully denied pay for short stints of military service, ruling they had enough in common to move forward as a group.