Starbucks Store Managers and Assistant Store Managers were not paid for their mobile phone use and not paid for working off-the-clock.
California Starbucks Store Managers and Assistant Store Managers allege they had to use their personal cell phones for work, but Starbucks didn't reimburse them—in violation of California law. Because the SMs and ASMs had to use their personal phones for Starbucks' work outside of normal working hours, SMs and ASMs worked off-the-clock. Specifically, SM and ASMs worked before and after their scheduled hours and during their meal and rest breaks but were not paid.
As a Store Manager and/or Assistant Store Manager, did you use your own phone for Starbucks' work? Did you work before or after your scheduled hours or during your meal and rest breaks? If so, you might have a valuable claim.
As a Store Manager and/or Assistant Store Manager, did you use your own phone for Starbucks' work? Did you work before or after your scheduled hours or during your meal and rest breaks? If so, you might have a valuable claim.
Hear from leading California class action lawyer Edward Wynne
Anderson et al. v. Starbucks Corporation
Plaintiffs filed this class action for all California Starbucks Store Managers from June 27, 2015 on. They allege Starbucks didn't pay Store Managers for the use of their personal mobile phones and text/data plans in doing their jobs—like California law requires. Plaintiffs then filed a subsequent case on behalf of Store Managers and Assistant Store Managers alleging that they worked off-the-clock and are owed compensation. The cases are related. Plaintiffs intend to combine the two cases so that both SM and ASMs are alleging cell phone reimbursement and compensation for working off-the-clock.
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Ed Wynne graduated from UC Berkeley with Honors in 1989 and Santa Clara Law School in 1992. Mr. Wynne has been recognized one of California's "Top Labor and Employment Lawyers" by the Daily Journal. Mr. Wynne has been recognized in the area of Labor and Employment by Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine every year since 2012. Mr. Wynne has been recognized as an expert in Labor and Employment by his peers and is frequently invited to speak at various continuing education seminars. Mr. Wynne has litigated more than 50 class actions in state and federal court and is the only attorney in California to try to judgment a wage and hour class action under the outside sales exemption at both the liability and damages phases which resulted in a published opinion by the California Supreme Court.
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