Entertainment & Sports
Jan. 23, 2009
Reality Television Programmers Settle Wage Claims
Television networks and production companies behind some of the biggest names in reality programming - including "The Bachelor" and "Trading Spouses" - agreed on Wednesday to pay $4 million to writers and editors who claimed in a lawsuit they routinely worked 12-hour days or longer without overtime pay or meal breaks.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - Television networks and production companies behind some of the biggest names in reality programming - including "The Bachelor" and "Trading Spouses" - agreed on Wednesday to pay $4 million to writers and editors who claimed in a lawsuit they routinely worked 12-hour days or longer without overtime pay or meal breaks. While reality television workers have made headlines in the past fili...
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