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$7.1M Settlement Final in Foot Locker Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit
This is a settlement for the Employment lawsuit.
Pittsburgh, PA: Final approval of a $7.1 million settlement has been granted, ending a wage and hour
class action against Foot Locker Inc. The lawsuit, brought by Foot Locker workers, alleged the retail shoe chain violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that Foot Locker workers were not compensated for maintenance work and time spent working before opening and after closing. Further, the lawsuit claimed that company employees were forced to do work off-the-clock or have their paid time cut in order to complete their tasks.
According to the allegations, Foot Locker directly tied the compensation of its store managers to its labor budget set by the corporate office, in order to enforce the compensation policy. If the managers exceeded the budget, they were punished, according to the original complaint filed in 2007 by named plaintiff Francisco Pereira.
The nationwide FLSA class includes all current and former Foot Locker employees who worked at least one hour from March 2007 to March 2010 in the US as a retail employee but not as an assistant store manager or higher. A separate Illinois class includes any retail employee excluding assistant store managers and above who worked in the state from October 2005 to May 2011.
. The case is In Re: Foot Locker Inc. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Wage and Hour Litigation, case number 2:11-md-02235, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Published on Jul-22-15
Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that Foot Locker workers were not compensated for maintenance work and time spent working before opening and after closing. Further, the lawsuit claimed that company employees were forced to do work off-the-clock or have their paid time cut in order to complete their tasks.
According to the allegations, Foot Locker directly tied the compensation of its store managers to its labor budget set by the corporate office, in order to enforce the compensation policy. If the managers exceeded the budget, they were punished, according to the original complaint filed in 2007 by named plaintiff Francisco Pereira.
The nationwide FLSA class includes all current and former Foot Locker employees who worked at least one hour from March 2007 to March 2010 in the US as a retail employee but not as an assistant store manager or higher. A separate Illinois class includes any retail employee excluding assistant store managers and above who worked in the state from October 2005 to May 2011.
. The case is In Re: Foot Locker Inc. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Wage and Hour Litigation, case number 2:11-md-02235, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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