Oracle settles time and attendance lawsuit
Oracle recently agreed to a $35 million settlement of a class action time and attendance lawsuit involving more than 1,700 of its California workers.
The plaintiffs alleged that they were erroneously exempted from receiving overtime employee attendance pay in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Oracle argued that the quality assurance workers, technical analysts and project managers involved in the lawsuit were ineligible for overtime because they were classified as either administrators or computer professionals. Under California law, non-exempt employees must be paid at time-and-a-half for working more than eight hours in a day or 40 in a week.
Oakland employment rights attorney Laura Ho estimated that each worker will receive approximately $13,000 from the settlement, which was agreed to without Oracle admitting wrongdoing.
Earlier this year, a separate class action lawsuit against the company prompted the California Supreme Court to rule that out-of-state employees on the payroll of California-based companies are protected by the state's overtime laws during business trips to the Golden State.
The plaintiffs alleged that they were erroneously exempted from receiving overtime employee attendance pay in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Oracle argued that the quality assurance workers, technical analysts and project managers involved in the lawsuit were ineligible for overtime because they were classified as either administrators or computer professionals. Under California law, non-exempt employees must be paid at time-and-a-half for working more than eight hours in a day or 40 in a week.
Oakland employment rights attorney Laura Ho estimated that each worker will receive approximately $13,000 from the settlement, which was agreed to without Oracle admitting wrongdoing.
Earlier this year, a separate class action lawsuit against the company prompted the California Supreme Court to rule that out-of-state employees on the payroll of California-based companies are protected by the state's overtime laws during business trips to the Golden State.
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