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Another Unpaid Overtime Lawsuit - This Time Against Activision
Categories: Employment Law Cases
Following the settlement of two recent class action suits brought against E.A. by its employees, ActiVision’s California-based computer graphics employees are now suing their employer alleging it too has failed to pay overtime compensation as required by California law. The complaint, brought on behalf of 
, alleges that Activision unlawfully classifies its computer graphics employees as “exempt” from California’s laws requiring overtime pay.
June 2008 Update: This case has subsequently settled.
Sources: Gamasutra | ars technica | Next Generation | 1Up.com | GameDaily.biz | GameIndustry.biz | Yahoo! News | PRNewsWire | Shapiro, Haber & Urmy (counsel for plaintiffs)
Activision (Canulti):
Activision (AE):
EA (Lender Hasty): EA programers
- EA Settles Leander Hasty Class Action Labor Lawsuit - Tam Su Suit Still Pending (April 26, 2006)
- “EA Spouse” Revealed to be Erin Hoffman (April 26, 2006)
- Electronic Arts to Institute Limited Overtime Policy (March 10, 2005)
- EA Hit by Second Employee (Leander Hasty) Lawsuit (February 21, 2005)
- The “EA Spouse” Post that Started it All (November 10, 2004)
EA (Tam Su):
- EA Faces a Third Employment-Related Class-Action Suit in Florida (Tam Su) (October 11, 2005)
EA (Kirschenbaum): EA animators, texture artists, and modelers
- EA Settles Kirschenbaum Labor Dispute Lawsuit - Hasty Suit Still Pending (October 5, 2005)
- Electronic Arts Faces (Kirschenbaum) Overtime Lawsuit (November 12, 2004)
- The “EA Spouse” Post that Started it All (November 10, 2004)
- Sony Computer Entertainment Sued by its Animators and Graphic Artists. (February 11, 2005) - This case is still pending as far as I know.
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