{"id":73234,"date":"2019-12-05T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-wilshire-law-firm-wins-class-certification-for-unpaid-bank-of-america-workers\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T08:03:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T12:03:00","slug":"english-wilshire-law-firm-wins-class-certification-for-unpaid-bank-of-america-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/english-wilshire-law-firm-wins-class-certification-for-unpaid-bank-of-america-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilshire Law Firm Wins Class Certification for Unpaid Bank of America Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 5, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0In an important victory that will benefit thousands of workers and protect countless others, Wilshire Law Firm secured class certification on Tuesday against behemoth Bank of America in a lawsuit for California Labor Code violations.\u00a0 The class consists of treasury services advisers and financial center assistant managers who worked for Bank of America in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg819bleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg819bleft\" title=\" \" border=\"0\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/537344\/Wilshire_Law_Firm_Logo.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The ruling comes after numerous judges denied previous efforts to obtain certification. \u00a0Justin F. Marquez, Senior Attorney at Wilshire Law Firm, observed: &#8220;We prevailed where so many others have failed.&#8221; <span class=\"xn-person\">Nicol E. Hajjar<\/span>, counsel for plaintiffs, added: &#8220;Wilshire Law Firm is pleased with this favorable outcome, and we remain vigorous in walking side-by-side with our clients in pursuing justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs alleged that Bank of America, America&#8217;s second-largest bank, failed to pay class members for all hours worked and routinely denied class members of their required-by-law meal and rest breaks.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Magistrate Judge <span class=\"xn-person\">Laurel Beeler<\/span> agreed with the plaintiffs.\u00a0 In her 24-page order Tuesday granting class certification, the court noted: &#8220;the facts that underlie the plaintiffs&#8217; claims are that the Bank&#8217;s de facto policies (1) make off-the-clock work unavoidable because employees must work before they log in for their shifts and after they log out and (2) set performance goals that make it impossible to take meal-and-rest breaks.&#8221;\u00a0 As a result, the court found that &#8220;Bank of America&#8217;s system-wide implementation of its policies \u2026 would generate common answers apt to drive the resolution of the litigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The workers are represented by <span class=\"xn-person\">Justin F. Marquez<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Bobby Saadian<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Nicol E. Hajjar<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Thiago M. Coelho<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert Dart<\/span> of Wilshire Law Firm PLC; and <span class=\"xn-person\">Stephen Noel Ilg<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">George L. Lin<\/span> of Ilg Legal O\ufb03ce PC.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Wilshire Law Firm<br \/><\/b>Founded in 2007 by <span class=\"xn-person\">Bobby Saadian, Esq.<\/span>, Wilshire Law Firm is an award-winning personal injury, employment law, and class action law firm. \u00a0Recognized by\u00a0<i>U.S. News and World Report<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Best Lawyers<\/i>\u00a0as one of 2020&#8217;s &#8220;Best Law Firms&#8221;, the firm&#8217;s attorneys are consistently recognized throughout the legal industry for their excellence. <\/p>\n<p>To find out more, call\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"tel:+18447908018\" rel=\"nofollow\">(844) 790-8018<\/a>, or visit:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2661933-1&amp;h=3299705024&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wilshirelawfirm.com%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.WilshireLawFirm.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.WilshireLawFirm.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2661933-1&amp;h=1197620909&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fwilshirelawfirmplc%2F&amp;a=%40WilshireLawFirmPLC\" rel=\"nofollow\">@WilshireLawFirmPLC<\/a> <br \/>Twitter:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2661933-1&amp;h=2675477514&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fwilshirelawfirm%2F&amp;a=%40WilshireLawFirm\" rel=\"nofollow\">@WilshireLawFirm<\/a><br \/>Facebook:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2661933-1&amp;h=2543001494&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWilshireLawFirm%2F&amp;a=%40WilshireLawFirm\" rel=\"nofollow\">@WilshireLawFirm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2661933-1&amp;h=3779206959&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F537344%2FWilshire_Law_Firm_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F537344%2FWilshire_Law_Firm_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/537344\/Wilshire_Law_Firm_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Wilshire Law Firm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 5, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0In an important victory that will benefit thousands of workers and protect countless others, Wilshire Law Firm secured class certification on Tuesday against behemoth Bank of America in a lawsuit for California Labor Code violations.\u00a0 The class consists of treasury services advisers and financial center assistant managers who worked for Bank of America in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div id=&quot;prni_dvprnejpg819bleft&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-negocios-y-finanzas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}