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Computer
Sciences Overtime Wages
Class Action
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| On July 15, 2005, U.S. District Court
Judge George P. Schiavelli of the Central District of California
granted final approval to a $24 million settlement of the
overtime pay class action lawsuit against Computer Sciences
Corporation ("CSC"). |
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resolved all of the named plaintiffs' and class members'
overtime claims against CSC in exchange for the payment
by defendants of $24 million. Over 14,000 current and former
employees made claims from the fund created by the settlement
before the filing deadline, which has passed. |
| The suit was filed by plaintiffs on behalf
of themselves and approximately 32,000 current and former
employees of CSC for alleged violations of the Fair Labor
Standards Act ("FLSA"), California's Unfair Competition
Law, and the wage and hour laws of 13 states. Defendants
deny any liability. |
| Settlement
Documents (Adobe .pdf format) |
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| Counsel for named plaintiffs and class
members are Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP,
along with co-counsel Lewis, Feinberg,
Renaker & Jackson,
P.C., and Rudy, Exelrod & Zieff,
LLP. |
| Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is a 50-plus attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. Our firm is committed to protecting the rights of employees nationwide to equitable treatment and fair wages. Lieff Cabraser employment attorneys have represented thousands of employees seeking to vindicate their rights in cases involving gender and race discrimination, overtime pay and wage and hour violations, and the mishandling of funds in pension and 401k plans. |
| We served as counsel in a class action suit against Abercrombie & Fitch, which led to a novel, precedent-setting settlement in 2005. The settlement required the retail clothing giant to pay $40 million to Latino, African-American, Asian-American and female applicants and employees who charged the company with discrimination. In addition, Abercrombie was required to promote diversity among its workforce and to prevent discrimination based on race or gender. |
| We served as class counsel for approximately 25,000 female employees of, and applicants for employment with Home Depot. In 1998, the Court approved a settlement of the case in which Home Depot agreed to modify its hiring, promotion and compensation practices, and paid $87.5 million, one of the highest amounts ever paid in a gender discrimination case. |
| Lieff Cabraser has obtained lost wages and benefits for employees in overtime pay lawsuits, including the successful representation of employees of Denny's, Carrow's, the advertising firm TMP Worldwide, the California State Automobile Association, as well as several corporations in the computer industry including IBM and Computer Sciences Corporation. |
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