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Labor/Employment

Nov. 24, 2016

Court allows statistical sampling, certifying massive class of security guards

A state appellate panel ruled that statistical sampling can be used to certify a class of thousands of security guards who say their employer denied them a meal break.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A state appellate panel has ruled that statistical sampling can be used to certify a class of thousands of security guards who say their employer denied them a meal break.

A published, 3-0 2nd District Court of Appeal ruling on Monday reversed a trial court's decertification of a class of 10,000 to 13,000 security officers at G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc., a Florida-based company with eight...

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