News about Keller Grover, and current events in whistleblower & employment law

California employment attorneys, Keller Grover LLP and the Law Office of Scot D. Bernstein, A Professional Corporation, secured a $500,000 settlement on behalf of HCR ManorCare workers that were members of the class who received inadequate wage statements and paid check cashing fees in order to cash their paychecks. HCR ManorCare was accused of violating California Labor Code sections 212 and 216(a) and 2699, as well as the Business & Professions Code sections 17200, et seq. Eric A. … [Read more...]

San Francisco consumer attorneys, Keller Grover, reached a $295 million class action settlement with 24-Hour Fitness Center Worldwide Inc., on behalf of 1.5 million consumers for violations of the federal Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA). After extensive negotiations and mediation, the U.S. District Judge Howard Matz in the Central District of California finally approved the settlement on July 12, 2010. The 2006 class action … [Read more...]

An estimated 22 percent of the U.S. workforce is employed by the nation's biggest violators of federal workplace safety and wage laws-government contractors. A study by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee not only highlighted the rampant labor law compliance problem in the U.S., it showed that the problem is so rampant that not even employees working for the government are immune from being affected by wage theft and other labor law violations. The study also revealed that … [Read more...]

Advertisers have been hiding too much information in the fine print, said the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in letters it sent to more than 60 companies on Tuesday, including 20 of the United States' 100 largest advertisers.The letters are part of "Operation Full Disclosure," an operation initiated by the FTC on September 23, 2014 that targets deceptive and misleading advertisements which fail to clearly and conspicuously disclose information that is important to consumer buying … [Read more...]

California workers, especially those who employed at companies who receive work through subcontracts, will be receiving more protections in the workplace from new legislation that holds businesses liable for labor law violations committed by companies they subcontract work to. Under Assembly Bill 1897, signed by Governor Jerry Brown, companies using subcontractors will now be held responsible when their subcontractors violate wage, workplace safety or workers' compensation laws."California … [Read more...]