The Channel (at El Reg) reports Apple employees have now been granted a class action lawsuit against their employers.
from TFA "The lawsuit (PDF), originally filed in 2011 by former Apple retail and corporate staff, claims that managers routinely forced them to work more than five hours without a break and, when they did so, withheld wages that were promised to make up for working the extra hours."
The rest breaks are mandated by California Labor Code 226.7 and the four plaintiffs say that because they had to punch in and out of work there is a clear paper trail to support their case.
In addition, the four claim that after they quit Apple the firm withheld their pay checks for periods ranging from a few days to weeks. This too is against California law.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Kilo110 on Thursday July 24 2014, @12:06AM
I really do hope they see they day in court. But in all likelihood their lawyers will settle for a fraction of what they were seeking and pocket the lion's share of the wins.
(Score: 2) by present_arms on Thursday July 24 2014, @08:51AM
Unfortunately that seems to be the way with these lawsuits. Now if it was the other way around...
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(Score: 1) by arslan on Thursday July 24 2014, @10:49PM
This is not unique to apple, I've worked in the telco and banking industry for more than a decade. They all do it. It is particularly worse in 3rd world countries. I remember one instance, back when I was still working and living in Asia, our Project Manager moved his desk to the door of the floor after 6pm everyday to setup a gestapo like checkpoint and started interrogating anyone trying to head out to see if they're leaving or going to the toilet just to make sure they stay back and work longer hours without any sort of overtime.
In a 3rd world country, you're pretty much shafted when you're bullied by management - which is the norm - at least in that particular country. The only option is to quit and look elsewhere, even then you can forget about getting a good reference from the company's management, and potentially end up no better in another company. The only real escape is to somehow step on others to move into management, start your own business or move to another country.