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What’s The Case About?

Our firm, Capstone Law APC, filed a class action on behalf of current and former non-exempt, hourly-paid employees who worked for Volunteers of America in California. The lawsuit, entitled Smith v. Volunteers of America of Los Angeles, et al., is currently pending in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No. BC639197. The lawsuit alleges Volunteers of America committed the following violations:
  • not paying all overtime wages;
  • not paying at least minimum wages for all hours worked (relating to hours worked off-the-clock);
  • not providing employees with timely, uninterrupted meal and/or rest breaks;
  • not paying employees one hour of pay for each missed meal or rest break;
  • not providing employees proper wage statements (pay stubs);
  • failing to maintain accurate payroll records;
  • not paying wages timely during employment and upon termination;
  • requiring employees to execute a release of claims as a condition of receiving wages due;
  • failing to reimburse work-related business expenses; and
  • failing to provide written notice of material terms of employment.

We believe that these are violations of California’s Labor Code, and we also believe that these violations occurred on a systematic basis to Volunteers of America employees.

If you worked as an employee for Volunteers of America at any time from October 31, 2012, until the present and would like more information about this case, please call us at 888.503.8602 or send an email to info@VolunteersLawsuit.com. Be sure to give your name, telephone number, and the best time to reach you, and an attorney will get back to you soon.

HOW CAN I HELP?

If you worked as an employee for Volunteers of America at any time from October 31, 2012, until the present and would like more information about this case, please email us at info@VolunteersLawsuit.com or call us at 888.503.8602. Be sure to leave your name, telephone number, and the best time to reach you, and an attorney will get back to you soon.

What Laws Protect Me?

California law provides various protections and rights to employees in the state in the areas of wrongful termination, workplace harassment, and regarding wage issues like overtime, minimum wages, meal breaks, vacation pay, and other issues related to compensation. You can find a more detailed description of various rights organized below by subject.

Who Are The Lawyers?

At Capstone Law APC, we believe that employees should be treated fairly, consumers should get what they pay for, and rights should be protected even when someone cannot afford a lawyer. Capstone Law seeks to represent employees, consumers and investors across the country in litigation involving labor and workplace rights, privacy laws, automobile and other product defects, consumer protection, false advertising or other deceptive trade practices, and securities fraud.

Capstone’s attorneys understand the tactics that well-financed defendants use to shield themselves from responsibility. In fact, a number of our attorneys previously worked for large national law firms and graduated from top law schools, including Harvard, University of Michigan, UCLA, and USC. Capstone Law has the talent, experience, financial resources and depth of knowledge to successfully litigate the most complex and challenging cases against the country’s largest corporations when they ignore labor laws and workplace protections, make deceptive claims, violate privacy protections, or sell defective products and services.

Our law firm is organized into four main practice areas – Labor & Employment, Consumer Rights, Automotive Defects, and Securities Fraud. We also maintain departments for Mass Actions and Appeals & Complex Motions. Our firm pursues cases in California state and federal courts, as well as in courts around the nation. We also pursue our clients’ claims in arbitration and before administrative agencies. Whatever the forum or venue, Capstone Law invests the time and resources necessary to vigorously prosecute its cases.

As part of our commitment to social justice, our firm supports public policy, educational campaigns and legislative efforts to secure and expand the rights of consumers and working people. The firm also publishes the Impact Litigation Journal, a running commentary on important legal developments in the area of representative actions and other complex litigation.

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What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you fill out our contact form.

When contacting us via our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address or phone number. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

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We use cookies to help us remember and process registrations, understand and save your preferences for future visits, keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

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This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

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Contacting Us
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1875 Century Park East, Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Email: info@capstonelawyers.com
Phone: 1-310-556-4811

Disclaimer

The information on this site has been created by Capstone Law APC for informational purposes only, and is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. Online readers should not act, or decline to act, based on content from this site without first consulting an attorney or other appropriate professional. Capstone Law APC does not seek to represent any individual based solely on that individual’s visit to this website.

Transmission of the information on this site does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Moreover, contacting us, whether through this website or by other means, does not create an attorney-client relationship.

The attorneys at Capstone Law APC are licensed to practice in the State of California. Capstone Law APC maintains their law office in Los Angeles, California and practices law in the State of California in state and federal courts. We partner with local counsel when needed in litigation outside California.

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    Call Us At

    What Laws Protect Me?

    What’s The Case About?

    Our firm, Capstone Law APC, filed a class action on behalf of current and former non-exempt, hourly-paid employees who worked for Volunteers of America in California. The lawsuit, entitled Smith v. Volunteers of America of Los Angeles, et al., is currently pending in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No. BC639197. The lawsuit alleges Volunteers of America committed the following violations:
    • not paying all overtime wages;
    • not paying at least minimum wages for all hours worked (relating to hours worked off-the-clock);
    • not providing employees with timely, uninterrupted meal and/or rest breaks;
    • not paying employees one hour of pay for each missed meal or rest break;
    • not providing employees proper wage statements (pay stubs);
    • failing to maintain accurate payroll records;
    • not paying wages timely during employment and upon termination;
    • requiring employees to execute a release of claims as a condition of receiving wages due;
    • failing to reimburse work-related business expenses; and
    • failing to provide written notice of material terms of employment.

    We believe that these are violations of California’s Labor Code, and we also believe that these violations occurred on a systematic basis to Volunteers of America employees.

    If you worked as an employee for Volunteers of America at any time from October 31, 2012, until the present and would like more information about this case, please call us at 888.503.8602 or send an email to info@VolunteersLawsuit.com. Be sure to give your name, telephone number, and the best time to reach you, and an attorney will get back to you soon.

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      HOW CAN I HELP?

      If you worked as an employee for Volunteers of America at any time from October 31, 2012, until the present and would like more information about this case, please email us at info@VolunteersLawsuit.com or call us at 888.503.8602. Be sure to leave your name, telephone number, and the best time to reach you, and an attorney will get back to you soon.

      Contact Us & Learn More

      Please enter the information below or call us to speak with Anthony Castillo, Esq. Hablamos Español



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        What Laws Protect Me?

        California law provides various protections and rights to employees in the state in the areas of wrongful termination, workplace harassment, and regarding wage issues like overtime, minimum wages, meal breaks, vacation pay, and other issues related to compensation. You can find a more detailed description of various rights organized below by subject.

        Contact Us & Learn More

        Please enter the information below or call us to speak with Anthony Castillo, Esq. Hablamos Español



          Street Address
          City
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          Zip Code



          Who Are The Lawyers?

          At Capstone Law APC, we believe that employees should be treated fairly, consumers should get what they pay for, and rights should be protected even when someone cannot afford a lawyer. Capstone Law seeks to represent employees, consumers and investors across the country in litigation involving labor and workplace rights, privacy laws, automobile and other product defects, consumer protection, false advertising or other deceptive trade practices, and securities fraud.

          Capstone’s attorneys understand the tactics that well-financed defendants use to shield themselves from responsibility. In fact, a number of our attorneys previously worked for large national law firms and graduated from top law schools, including Harvard, University of Michigan, UCLA, and USC. Capstone Law has the talent, experience, financial resources and depth of knowledge to successfully litigate the most complex and challenging cases against the country’s largest corporations when they ignore labor laws and workplace protections, make deceptive claims, violate privacy protections, or sell defective products and services.

          Our law firm is organized into four main practice areas – Labor & Employment, Consumer Rights, Automotive Defects, and Securities Fraud. We also maintain departments for Mass Actions and Appeals & Complex Motions. Our firm pursues cases in California state and federal courts, as well as in courts around the nation. We also pursue our clients’ claims in arbitration and before administrative agencies. Whatever the forum or venue, Capstone Law invests the time and resources necessary to vigorously prosecute its cases.

          As part of our commitment to social justice, our firm supports public policy, educational campaigns and legislative efforts to secure and expand the rights of consumers and working people. The firm also publishes the Impact Litigation Journal, a running commentary on important legal developments in the area of representative actions and other complex litigation.

          Contact Us & Learn More

          Please enter the information below or call us to speak with Anthony Castillo, Esq. Hablamos Español



            Street Address
            City
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            Privacy Policy

            What information do we collect?
            We collect information from you when you fill out our contact form.

            When contacting us via our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address or phone number. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

            Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site.
            Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

            What do we use your information for?
            Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

            • To personalize your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
            • To improve our website (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you
            • To improve customer service (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
            • To send periodic emails

            Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

            How do we protect your information?
            We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.

            Do we use cookies?
            Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

            We use cookies to help us remember and process registrations, understand and save your preferences for future visits, keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

            Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
            We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

            California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
            Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

            Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
            We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

            Online Privacy Policy Only
            This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

            Your Consent
            By using our site, you consent to our websites privacy policy.

            Changes to our Privacy Policy
            If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

            Contacting Us
            If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.

            www.CapstoneLawyers.com
            1875 Century Park East, Suite 1000
            Los Angeles, CA 90067
            Email: info@capstonelawyers.com
            Phone: 1-310-556-4811

            Disclaimer

            The information on this site has been created by Capstone Law APC for informational purposes only, and is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. Online readers should not act, or decline to act, based on content from this site without first consulting an attorney or other appropriate professional. Capstone Law APC does not seek to represent any individual based solely on that individual’s visit to this website.

            Transmission of the information on this site does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. Moreover, contacting us, whether through this website or by other means, does not create an attorney-client relationship.

            The attorneys at Capstone Law APC are licensed to practice in the State of California. Capstone Law APC maintains their law office in Los Angeles, California and practices law in the State of California in state and federal courts. We partner with local counsel when needed in litigation outside California.