A federal judge has ordered
The Chinese Daily News, one
of the
area’s largest Chinese-language newspapers, to pay $5.19 million in a class
action lawsuit that charged the paper refused to pay overtime and denied meal
and rest breaks. Former employee Lynne Wang alleged that the paper required
reporters to write five stories each day, which typically meant they had no time
for breaks. She said the paper had a nonstop work atmosphere and workers felt
intimidated and fearful of complaining about pay and other problem issues.
Approximately 200 current and former employees who worked in the paper’s
Monterey Park office will share in the award, including reporters, production
workers, delivery drivers, salespeople, and secretaries.
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