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Another Employer Hit With Class Action Over Tips

By jessica Sep 1, 2008 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Caribou Coffee, a Minnesota-based coffee shop chain, has been slapped with a class action lawsuit charging that the company violated state labor laws, similar to California’s, that bar management from sharing in customer tips left for employees. The lawsuit was filed close on the heels of a California court’s ruling in March 2008 that Starbucks […]

Stock Forfeiture Case Now Before Supreme Court

By jessica Jul 1, 2008 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

In the March 2008 issue of CWHA, we reported that a California appeals court upheld an employee stock purchase plan that provided for the forfeiture of stock if the employee terminated before two years from the date the stock was acquired. Even though the stock was bought using employee compensation, the appeals court ruled that […]