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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday December 14 2016, @04:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the another-bite-at-the-apple dept.

Apple is paying a $2 million pittance after losing a class action case brought by former Apple Store employees:

A California court has ruled in favor of Apple Store workers who accused the iPhone giant of trampling over their employment rights. It is a bittersweet victory. The trial jury yesterday awarded store staff $2m after Apple was found to have illegally denied them meal and rest breaks, and was late giving departing workers their final paychecks.

The class-action complaint was first filed in 2011 in the California State Court in San Diego by four former employees. It was later expanded to a class of more than 21,000 current and former workers who held jobs at the Apple Store as far back as 2007. Apple had been accused of a half-dozen violations of state labor laws, including California laws forbidding the failure to provide meal and rest breaks, full pay upon termination, and unfair business practices.

Lawsuit (PDF).


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Nerdfest on Wednesday December 14 2016, @05:47PM

    by Nerdfest (80) on Wednesday December 14 2016, @05:47PM (#441338)

    ... and they say the spirit of Steve Jobs is gone.

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