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Labor/Employment

Dec. 14, 2016

Apple retail workers get $2 million in first phase of meal and rest break trial

A jury has awarded thousands of Apple Inc. retail employees $2 million in a rare wage-and-hour class action against a high-profile company that reached the trial stage.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A jury has awarded thousands of Apple Inc. retail employees $2 million in a rare wage-and-hour class action against a high-profile company that reached the trial stage.

The retail employee class members received roughly $200 each, after plaintiffs' co-counsel Tyler J. Belong of Hogue & Belong said in opening statements that Apple cost its retail workers $14 million in denying their breaks...

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