California Signature Gatherers See Class Suit Partially Revived

A proposed class of political signature gatherers who said they were misclassified as independent contractors may be able to show that a class action is the best way to resolve their itemized wage statement claim, a California appellate court said Friday.

The signature gatherers sued political consulting firm the La Jolla Group in San Diego. Because signature gathering is part of the firm’s primary business activity, signature gatherers should have been classified as employees under California’s three-prong classification test, the lawsuit said.

Allegedly misclassified signature gatherers were denied minimum wage, overtime pay, meal and rest breaks, and itemized wage statements, ...