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NEWS ABOUT: labor code

labor code stories: 3 news summaries

Gossip Site Broke Labor Laws With Octomom: Calif.

RadarOnline allegedly lacked permit to film minors

Jun 16, 09 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - California labor officials have cited RadarOnline for breaking labor laws in its coverage of octuplet mom Nadya Suleman, the Los Angeles Times reports. On March 17, the day the first two of the octuplets returned home from the hospital, a crew filmed the infants for the gossip site without first... More »

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California • labor • gossip • labor code • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • RadarOnline

Starbucks Balks at Paying Back Barista Tips

Firm challenges court ruling, calls it 'unfair beyond reason'

Mar 28, 08 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks is defying a California court ruling, arguing a judge has created a tempest in a tip jar, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The court ruled the coffee shop must pay nearly $100 million to California baristas forced to share tips with their supervisors. Similar suits have been filed in Minnesota... More »

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California • Howard Schultz • Starbucks • lawsuit • class action • barista • labor code • tips

Starbucks
Owes Baristas
$100M in Tips 

Court says supervisors shouldn't be taking a cut out of  tip jar

Mar 21, 08 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks will have to shell out more than $100 million to its baristas in California because they had to share the tip jar with supervisors, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. A judge ruled that the coffee giant violated the state's labor code and ordered it to make amends to 120,000... More »

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California • Starbucks • coffee • lawsuit • class action • labor code

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