A California Superior Court judge ruled last week that part-time teachers in the Long Beach Community College District should work outside the classroom, including course preparation, grading and work hours, Edsource Report.
The ruling is in response to a lawsuit filed in April 2022 by two adjunct professors who believe they only pay for the time spent teaching in the classroom and that “the failure to compensate for the auxiliary work outside the classroom is The minimum is based on the ruling of Judge Stewart Rice, wage violations.
Rice agreed, pointing out “numerous issues” in which the minimum wage rule in the region does not apply, Edsource Report.
Nevertheless, Rice maintained the decision before further litigation and therefore would not be effective immediately. Sacramento County is also taking a similar lawsuit, with auxiliary personnel filing lawsuits against 22 community colleges as well as the state community college system and its council.
John Martin, president of the California Association of Adjunct Teachers, was a plaintiff in the Sacramento case and celebrated the Long Beach ruling.
He told him, “This is what we have been saying.” Edsource. “We are not paid outside [the classroom] Work. This has been a long time. ”
