Labor/Employment
May 1, 2013
Tour company not exempt from paying minimum wage, judge rules
After two tour leaders filed a putative class action claiming they were not paid minimum wage, Adventures Rolling Cross Country argued it should receive state and federal "organized camp" exemptions, which allow some summer camps to pay employees below minimum wage.
By Laura Hautala
Daily Journal Staff Writer
U.S. District Court Judge Edward M. Chen precluded a key affirmative defense last week in a wage-and-hour lawsuit against Adventures Rolling Cross Country, a tour company that sends groups of teenagers on chaperoned trips to Europe and Latin America.
After two tour leaders filed a putative class action claiming they were not paid minimum wage, the company argued it should receive state and federal "organized camp&q...
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