A San Diego Superior
Court judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed against grocer Albertson’s, Inc. on
behalf of hourly front-end store managers can proceed as a class action. A key
charge in the suit is that these managers were not relieved of duty during meal
and rest periods. The lawsuit covers current and former employees in the following
positions in
service operations manager, assistant service operations manager, fifth person key
carrier, fourth person key carrier, third person key carrier, service
supervisor, front end manager, assistant front end manager, and front end
clerks.
And in Los Angeles, a
federal district court has allowed a class of up to 900 former employees of PJ United,
which formerly operated 14 Papa John’s pizza restaurants in Los Angeles County.
The class action lawsuit charges that PJ United misclassified certain store
managers as exempt from overtime, thereby denying them meal and rest breaks and
overtime pay. The company contends that it properly classified its managers as
exempt.
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