November 06, 2026
In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on a deal to resolve a wage and hour class action against Earthgrains Distribution LLC and its sole member, baked goods manufacturer Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
August 03, 2026
Two mortgage companies agreed to pay $850,000 to resolve claims that loan assistants and processors were pushed to work unpaid overtime, according to a filing in California federal court.
May 21, 2026
Loan assistants and processors who accused a mortgage firm of discouraging them from reporting overtime have reached a settlement in their Fair Labor Standards Act collective action, according to a California federal court order Thursday.
June 09, 2025
Loan assistants and processors can proceed as a collective in their suit alleging a mortgage firm discouraged them from reporting overtime and failed to compensate them for that extra time, a California federal judge ruled, finding the workers backed up their claims that they were subject to the same policy.