According to foreign media reports, former employees of Apple's retail store accused Apple of alleged violations of the California Labor Code's class action lawsuit in the High Court of Santiago tomorrow.
Civil jury trial has been scheduled for 9:00 local time formal hearing, the trial judge is the Honorable Eddie C. Sturgeon. Although in the past two years, Apple denied the alleged violations, and to dismiss the class action, but the court has not be adopted. The case was first launched in 2011 and was upgraded to a class action case in 2014.
According to the prosecution, Apple did not provide reasonable food and rest time for retail staff, and Apple did not provide accurate wage lists.
The class action is called "Felczer vs. Apple Inc.", which involves all employees who are still working for Apple and all employees who had worked for Apple before the trial on December 16, 2007. The total number is about 18,000 people (as of 2014 data). If the final settlement is reached, compensation will be divided equally among all plaintiffs participating in the class action.
According to California Labor Law
Employees must be given at least 30 minutes of dining time during any work period longer than 5 hours and at least 10 minutes of rest time for every 4 hours of continuous work.
The former Apple employee alleges that Apple established four years before the trial, has not provided these mandatory rest periods.
In addition, the plaintiffs also pointed out that some employees did not receive the final paycheck until several weeks after leaving the company. These corporate actions are contrary to the law and therefore require Apple to compensate for losses, repay all outstanding wages, and interest and judicial litigation fees. However, the plaintiff did not give a specific figure.