Long Beach Community College District is currently facing a class-action lawsuit after two adjunct professors alleged that the former illegally forced them to do unpaid work outside the classroom.
The Los Angeles County Superior Court lawsuit stated the plaintiffs were forced to grade, prepare for classes, and meet with students. It also claimed that the district violated California’s minimum wage laws. “If a judge allows the suit to proceed as a class action, more than 600 part-time instructors in the district could be involved,” EdSource said in a report. Advocates have also stated that the lawsuit’s outcome may have “statewide repercussions.”
According to the lawsuit, adjuncts are compensated based on their classroom hours worked, “even though the district knows that these faculty members necessarily spend substantial additional time working outside the classroom [to teach] their assigned classes.”
“Although this outside-the-classroom work is essential to teaching their classes effectively, and the district knows and indeed expects part-time faculty members to perform this additional work, part-time hourly instructional faculty members are not paid for their out-of-classroom time,” the lawsuit added.
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