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Employment Law
Compensations, Benefits
Wage and Hour

In Re: Oracle Wage and Hour Cases

Published: Dec. 3, 2011 | Result Date: Nov. 9, 2011 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: RG-07 321026; CIV 469916; SCV 23970 Settlement –  $35,000,000

Court

Alameda Superior


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Jason H. Tarricone
(Office of the Attorney General)

Philip R. Weltin
(Weltin Streb & Weltin LLP)

James B. Nebel

Barry Goldstein
(Goldstein Borgen Dardarian & Ho)

David Borgen
(Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho)

Daniel R. Weltin

Laura L. Horton


Defendant

Michelle L. Landry
(Vedder Price LLP)

Brendan G. Dolan
(Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP)

Lucky U. Phuong Nguyen


Facts

Leticia Garcia, Mitchell Rios, Alfonso Faustino, Greg Goumas, and Greg Otte filed a lawsuit against Oracle Corp. The class included persons employed by Oracle and/or PeopleSoft in California for certain times, who worked as quality assurance testers, technical support analysts, and project managers.

Contentions

PLAINTIFFS' CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiffs alleged that Oracle and PeopleSoft failed to pay overtime, to provide meal periods, to pay for missed meal breaks, to provide accurate pay stubs, and to use correct final paychecks.

DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS:
Defendant denied the allegations and any wrongdoing. Defendants claimed that employee plaintiffs were exempt from overtime, and were not denied meal periods, and that it provided proper pay stubs and final checks.

Result

Defendant agreed to pay $35 million.


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