Labor/Employment
Apr. 17, 2013
Employees try new tack with misclassification class actions
An increasingly high bar for class certification and changing employer behavior have made the seemingly lucrative misclassification cases more challenging to find and win.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Kenneth J. Lee was pulling 70-hour weeks, coming in on weekends and working through lunch, he said. He and his co-workers, property appraisers for JPMorgan Chase & Co., earned a salary, but the bulk of their pay was based on how many appraisals they completed, which required them to work overtime. But Chase classified Lee and others across the country as working in an administrative capacity, a desi...
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