Mealey's (November 11, 2019, 4:37 PM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A federal magistrate judge in California on Nov. 7 denied preliminary approval of a nearly $1.5 million wage settlement between an operator of medical centers and its call center employees finding multiple issues with the settlement terms (Monica Smith, et al. v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, No. 18-780, S.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 194964)....