Homegain.com

Homegain is a provider of online marketing solutions that connect real estate agents and brokers with home buyers and sellers. HomeGain offers services to find and compare real estate agents, research home values, and view homes for sale. Real estate agents and brokers use HomeGain's real estate marketing solutions and real estate lead generation tools to connect to consumers, promote their services and grow their business.

Based in Emeryville, CA, HomeGain is a division of Classified Ventures, LLC a strategic joint venture formed by Belo Corp., Gannett Co., The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company, and The Washington Post Company. Classified Ventures' also owns and operates Cars.com, an automotive Web site where consumers can find information on new and used cars and shop for a vehicle, Apartments.com, a national apartment guide and relocation resource and Homescape.com a national network of local newspaper real estate websites.

Lawsuit

Homegain has been criticized for employees working extraordinarily long hours to 100 hours per week. For several years HomeGain purposely avoided paying overtime and denied meal breaks to hundreds of employees resulting in a class action lawsuit against the company. The plaintiffs filed this class action lawsuit because Homegain.com/Classified Ventures misclassified inside salespersons and operations employees as exempt from overtime pay. The Plaintiffs also accused Homegain.com of violating the California Labor Code by illegally requiring a release before paying overtime wages and by telling employees not to discuss the terms of the payments.

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