January 17, 2024
Qdoba has agreed to resolve a proposed class action in Washington federal court from a job applicant who alleged the fast casual Mexican restaurant chain violated Washington state's pay transparency law by failing to disclose salary information in its job postings.
January 01, 2024
In 2024, courts around the country will tackle independent contractor classification, minimum wage and overtime cases that employment lawyers should pay attention to. From a lawsuit seeking to overturn Uber and Lyft's carveout from California employment laws to the U.S. Department of Labor's power to issue rules and how state-level pay transparency laws are getting put to use, here are seven to watch.
September 18, 2023
A job applicant said Washington state's law requiring employers to post salary ranges in job ads gives her the right to sue Qdoba for failing to do so, arguing she did not need to have been offered a job or interviewed to be negatively affected by the lack of pay transparency.
August 25, 2023
Qdoba insisted a Washington federal judge throw out a job applicant's suit accusing it of breaking a new state law requiring job postings to include pay ranges, arguing the suit assumes anyone who submitted a job application can sue under the law, regardless of whether they were ever interviewed.
August 18, 2023
Qdoba urged a Washington federal court to retain jurisdiction over a job applicant's lawsuit alleging the restaurant chain didn't comply with a state law requiring job postings to include pay ranges, saying the potential damages owed to a 1,000-member class exceeds the federal court threshold.
July 19, 2023
A Washington state job applicant hit Qdoba with a proposed class action alleging the fast-casual Mexican restaurant chain did not provide prospective applicants with the salary range or other benefits and compensation details, in violation of state law.