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It is a procedural device that enables a group of people to come together to challenge a wrong that was done to them collectively.\n\nClass actions allow people with modest claims and limited resources to challenge large corporations where an individual lawsuit would either not be economically feasible or realistic because of the fear of retaliation. Because employers tend to treat all of their employees in the same manner based on the same policies and procedures, class actions are ideally suited to the employment context.\n\nWynne Law Firm has successfully prosecuted many class action lawsuits in California on behalf of current and former employees, and recovered substantial sums on their behalf. Our attorneys have litigated over 50 wage and hour class actions in both state and federal courts around:\n<div class=\"list_arrows\">\n<ul>\n\t<li>Overtime compensation<\/li>\n\t<li>Meal and rest breaks<\/li>\n\t<li>Vacation pay<\/li>\n\t<li>Final payments at time of termination<\/li>\n\t<li>Off-the-clock compensation<\/li>\n\t<li>Minimum wage violations<\/li>\n\t<li>Failure to properly calculate premium wage rate<\/li>\n\t<li>Failure to pay business expenses<\/li>\n\t<li>Unlawful deductions from pay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nIn addition, Wynne Law Firm is the only law firm in California history to have tried to judgment the first and only wage and hour class action under California\u2019s outside sales exemption. 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