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Wage and hour claims continue to dominate the headlines . . . Fastenal Pays $10 Million Fastenal Co., a construction supply distributor, agreed to settle overtime claims for $10 million. Employees in California, Oregon and Pennsylvania alleged that the company improperly classified assistant managers as exempt, failed to pay overtime and violated meal period laws. The company denied …
Yesterday, a Minnesota judge awarded a class of more than 56,000 Wal-Mart employees $6.5 million in back pay for meal and rest period violations. An October 20 penalties hearing could result in an additional $2 billion in damages. The Facts The employees alleged that Wal-Mart required them to work off the clock for training and didn’t allow …
The Kroger Co. has agreed to settle a class action race discrimination lawsuit for $16 million. The lawsuit alleged that Kroger discriminated against African-American employees in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas in promotions and pay. The plaintiffs also alleged that they were subjected to racial harassment. In addition to the $16 million, a proposed …
Legendary New York City restaurant Tavern on the Green agreed to settle sex, race and national origin harassment and retaliation claims for $2.2 million (EEOC v. Tavern on the Green Ltd., S.D.N.Y., No. 07-8256 (June 2, 2008)). The Allegations The EEOC alleged that the restaurant engaged in “severe and pervasive” harassment of female, African-American and Hispanic employees. …
In a case that is highly instructive for employers, Dillard’s department stores has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle sex harassment claims filed by twelve female employees. The suit revolved around allegations of harassment against Scot McGinness, an assistant manager at the company’s Palmdale, California store. After several female subordinates complained of harassment by McGinness, the …
Citigroup has agreed to pay $33 million to approximately 2,500 female brokers to settle a gender discrimination suit. The plaintiffs accused Citigroup of discriminating against women in training, support, account assignment, promotions and pay. In addition to the payout, Citigroup agreed to implement sweeping changes to its HR policies and practices to prevent future discrimination. The changes will …
A federal judge has approved a $24 million race discrimination settlement between Walgreen Co. and more than 10,000 of its African-American employees. The settlement resolves a March 2007 lawsuit in which the EEOC alleged that the nation’s largest drugstore chain discriminated against African-American employees by making store assignments and denying promotions on the basis of race. The settlement mandates comprehensive injunctive …
A California court yesterday ordered Starbucks to pay almost $106 million to approximately 120,000 baristas because supervisors were unlawfully allowed to share tips left by customers. The lawsuit was filed in 2004 by Jou Chou, who complained that supervisors were unfairly sharing in employee tips. California law prohibits owners, managers and other company “agents” from tip-sharing. The suit gained …
The Department of Labor announced that Dow Chemical will pay $861,647 to settle overtime claims. The payment will be made to 648 engineers following a two-year DOL investigation that concluded that the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay the employees for time spent in mandatory training. The lesson? Under the FLSA, training must …
