Oracle—Settled $15.5M lawsuit over commission wage violations and retroactive pay clawbacks
Oracle settled a PAGA lawsuit for $15.5 million after two former California sales employees alleged the company violated state wage laws for commissioned workers. Plaintiffs claimed Oracle retroactively increased quotas or decreased commission rates on past sales, 're-planned' employees to reduce already-earned commissions going back to the beginning of the fiscal year, and clawed back prior payments by withholding newly earned commissions. The lawsuit was originally filed in 2015.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worker Rights | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.572 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.57)
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Oracle agreed to $15.5M settlement of California PAGA lawsuit over commission wage violations
Oracle settled a lawsuit brought by two former California sales employees who alleged the company violated state wage laws for commissioned workers. Plaintiffs claimed Oracle retroactively increased quotas, decreased commission rates on past sales, and clawed back prior payments by withholding newly earned commissions.