Employment Class Action Defense
Our employment class action litigators work with clients to match case strategies with business strategies. We efficiently resolve these matters through negotiated settlement, defeating class certification, or at trial.
Overview
Employment class, collective, and representative actions are among the costliest lawsuits your business can face, damaging both your bottom line and your reputation. For each case, we conduct an early case analysis and collaborate on strategy, creative litigation approaches, and goals. We develop our litigation strategy to achieve your objectives.
Our Approach
We know that cost management is important. Our employment class action litigators:
Respond Quickly
We staff wage-and-hour class actions leanly to keep fees under control. We actively explore opportunities for early case resolution. However, we have the experience and resources to litigate to the fullest extent required. We work each case as if it is headed for trial to avoid duplication and wasted resources.
Leverage Efficiencies
In addition to our internal capabilities, we are well-connected to experts and consultants who provide class action support, including privileged exposure assessments, e-discovery, and trial testimony. We defend employers using the latest technologies, data analysis tools, and class action strategies.
Our Experience
Full Spectrum of Employment Class Actions
We have defended the full spectrum of employment class actions under state and federal law, including cases alleging missed rest breaks, meal periods, overtime violations, donning and doffing time, off-the-clock work, employee misclassification, commission underpayment, failure to accommodate, class-wide discrimination, and others.
California Focus
Our California team of wage-and-hour litigators routinely defends class action claims and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims arising under California law, such as claims for unreimbursed business expenses, failure to provide suitable seating, noncompliant wage statements, failure to pay waiting time penalties, and improperly calculating the "regular rate" on incentive payments for overtime.
Industry Focus
Large Retailers
We have represented major retailers in class actions alleging violations under state and federal law. Our team is positioned to perform large-scale investigations and interview campaigns with retailers of any size, in any location.
Technology
We defend technology clients against a variety of wage-and-hour claims, including alleged worker misclassification, discrimination, wage violations, and others.
Restaurants
We represent fast food franchises and other restaurants in meal period and rest break class actions. We conduct thorough, statewide investigations and employee interview campaigns, often employing detailed statistical analyses, to position such cases for favorable resolution or trial.
Healthcare
We defend national healthcare providers in complex class actions, often defending against alleged violations of meal and rest break requirements, overtime violations, donning and doffing underpayment, and on-call time.
Financial Services
We work with financial services companies to obtain favorable global settlements. Our attorneys have represented large banks and other financial institutions to resolve wage-and-hour class actions alleging issues such as worker misclassification, unpaid regular and overtime wages, meal and rest break violations, pay stub violations, waiting time penalties, and civil penalties.
Transportation
We represent trucking and other transportation companies in claims for unpaid wages, including missed breaks and unpaid piece-rate (per mile) compensation.
Communication
Our litigators have defended major telecom companies in wage-and-hour class actions, including allegations of commission underpayments, worker misclassification, recordkeeping violations, and others.
Our Team
Contact Us
We're here to help. Email us with any questions or comments and we'll get you connected to the right person.