SCEA back in court

[cliffbo]

SCEA back in court
Added on 28/06/2007.

Sony is once again being sued, and this time it's not entirely due to patent laws.

Almost every PS3 gamer probably knows that Sony is notorious for having lawsuits filed against it. The company has once again gotten into legal trouble, demanding that they pay up to $8.5 million dollars in fines if they lose the case. The lawsuit was similar to the “EA Spouse Scandal” that happened in recent years causing EA to pay up a $30.5 million fine.

The suits were carried out on a basis that the employees of the companies are not getting the pay they deserve; in EA’s case it was entirely due to overtime pay. The same companies, Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, are the ones taking legal action against Sony. The file states Sony has their artists exempt from state and federal labor laws regarding overtime pay.

The exact terms and conditions of the final decision were not entirely disclosed. The lawsuit demands that Sony must reclassify their artists as non-exempt from hour and labor laws, as well as paying the fine. Sony is denying all allegations and reports say that the company claims no wrongdoing. The court has yet to approve the settlement and there is still a major chance that the case could be negated.

http://www.psu.com/node/11863

[GTAce]

:duh:

[KRA]

at least...

+rep

/nosense

[Pluto]

If they're found guilty, you'd really have to wonder..

Companies don't usually do things like that when they're trying to avoid legal trouble. :shifty:

[yoshaw]

Bit of correction...

This case has been settled out of court and awaiting payment of $8.5M to the unpaid overtime workers. The court needs to sign the settlement n it'll be over before we know it. This can go ugly again if a significant number of works backout of the settlement.

So far, the settlement is ontrack to get signed by the judges or whoever is in charge of law around there.

[OG_Monkey]

:duh:

indeed

[curryking1]

If they're found guilty, you'd really have to wonder..

Companies don't usually do things like that when they're trying to avoid legal trouble. :shifty:

The safest jobs in terms of security and getting paid correctly are not private companies. With private companies it's a lot harder to find companies and bosses that will treat you fairly. Some of my relatives work under private companies, and there is, from why I know, a higher chance of you getting the butt end of things because they just don't need to try and be as nice...

Government jobs or working city jobs are good in terms of employee treatment. I work for the City of Toronto, I get treated pretty good :)

[Pluto]

Government jobs or working city jobs are good in terms of employee treatment. I work for the City of Toronto, I get treated pretty good :)

Sue Canada! I command you. :devious:

As a side-note, I find it pretty ironic that the employees represented in this case have finally brought this matter to light after mass lay-offs occured not too long ago in one of Sony's branches. Could it be the same branch?

[Smokey]

ya i love my govenment job :)

[woundingchaney]

The safest jobs in terms of security and getting paid correctly are not private companies. With private companies it's a lot harder to find companies and bosses that will treat you fairly. Some of my relatives work under private companies, and there is, from why I know, a higher chance of you getting the butt end of things because they just don't need to try and be as nice...

Government jobs or working city jobs are good in terms of employee treatment. I work for the City of Toronto, I get treated pretty good :)

This is very true (for the most part), municipal work and work in the private sector are two completely different environments.

If Sony was abusing labor laws as then by all means pay the money and be done with it. This is definitely not the image Sony wants to display and if the workers were denied overtime pay or considered "exempt" from labor regulations then more power to them.

[VG Aficionado]

I thought this had been posted already, but whatever.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6172&Itemid=59

[LiquidEagle]

lol, 2005.

[Z]

too many people here working for the government...
*wears sunglasses and walks away slowly*

[Z]

lol, 2005.

now that's just some fucked up shit.