Workers are taking companies to court for violations of their wage rights. Both Starbucks and Prima Marketing allegedly misused payroll policies to deny their employees their due wages.

The lawsuit against Starbucks was originally filed in 2008 by Summer York, a shift supervisor at a California location, but soon became a class action, as reported by Law 360. Class action suits can be much trickier for businesses because there are multiple plaintiffs that will need compensation if the court rules in their favor, rather than just one.

Starbucks came to a settlement agreement with York and the other workers in early May. The coffee conglomerate will pay $3 million in owed wages and damages to the plaintiffs. York argued that the company denied its employees meal breaks and calculated payroll incorrectly. According to the source, Starbucks allows its workers to take breaks, but York's location was always so busy and understaffed that no one could feasibly leave for a break.

In West Virginia, an employee of Prima Marketing is similarly suing her company for violating her wage rights. As reported by The West Virginia Record, Lisa Jenkins claims the employer failed to pay her final wages within 72 hours of her termination. Because other workers were allegedly also affected by this violation, the suit has become a class action.

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