Wage: Overtime

Federal Judge Rules that Walmart Can be Added as a Defendant in Massive Wage Theft Lawsuit Against California Warehouses

Like many other employment law attorneys, we have been anxiously awaiting Federal Judge Christina Snyder’s ruling on whether Walmart can be added as a defendant in the case of Everardo Carrillo, et al. v. Schneider Logistics, Inc., et al., which is currently pending...

Employment Discrimination Question: What Is Pretext?

In most of the cases our firm’s employment attorneys handle, the issue of pretext plays a central role.  Employees and regular people don’t use the word pretext.  It is one of those legal jargon words.  What does pretext mean?  First, in plain English: “My boss lied...