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$3.5M Settlement Reached in Old Navy Employment Class Action Lawsuit
This is a settlement for the Employment lawsuit.
Los Angeles, CA: Preliminary approval has been granted for a $3.5 million settlement in an employment class action lawsuit brought by approximately 26,000 Old Navy employees in California.
According to the lawsuit, filed by named plaintiff Andre Wells in 2012, Old Navy failed to properly compensate its retail workers, specifically citing that it shorted workers on minimum and overtime wages, and short-staffed stores causing employees to miss rest and meal breaks.
According to the terms of the preliminary settlement, the $3.5 million gross settlement fund would see $2.12 million paid to the 26,000 hourly, non-exempt employees who worked in positions such as pricing specialists, customer service managers and others in Old Navy retail and outlet stores throughout California.
This would translate to about $80 per employee. Additionally, Old Navy had "clarified" its policy on after-shift security bag checks in 2013, during the course of the litigation, making sure workers were undergoing the checks while still "on the clock", the settlement motion states.
The plaintiffs' motion for preliminary approval states that the settlement clears allegations that Old Navy was the customers in the stores, and failing to reimburse employees for business expenses.
The case is Andre Wells et al. v. Old Navy LLC et al., case number BC491953 in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles.
Published on Jan-29-16
According to the lawsuit, filed by named plaintiff Andre Wells in 2012, Old Navy failed to properly compensate its retail workers, specifically citing that it shorted workers on minimum and overtime wages, and short-staffed stores causing employees to miss rest and meal breaks.
According to the terms of the preliminary settlement, the $3.5 million gross settlement fund would see $2.12 million paid to the 26,000 hourly, non-exempt employees who worked in positions such as pricing specialists, customer service managers and others in Old Navy retail and outlet stores throughout California.
This would translate to about $80 per employee. Additionally, Old Navy had "clarified" its policy on after-shift security bag checks in 2013, during the course of the litigation, making sure workers were undergoing the checks while still "on the clock", the settlement motion states.
The plaintiffs' motion for preliminary approval states that the settlement clears allegations that Old Navy was the customers in the stores, and failing to reimburse employees for business expenses.
The case is Andre Wells et al. v. Old Navy LLC et al., case number BC491953 in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles.
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MY COMPLAINT IT WAS ENTERED ON A W-2 AND A W-2G. WHICH MADE IT INCOME FOR 2016. I BEEN RETIRED SINCE 2010. NOW IT SHOWS $19 INCOME FOR 2016. I HAVE DONE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENTS BEFORE AND THEY ADMINISTER YOU A CHECK TO CASH! .IF I DO NOT WORK FOR OLD NAVY/GAP ANYMORE WHY WOULD THEY PUT THE SETTLEMENT ON A W-2?? UNACCEPTABLE A W-2 IS FOR WAGES/INCOME EARNED NOT SETTLEMENTS.!! WHAT IS A W-2-G? IT SHOWS SDI $017. I HAVE BEEN ON PHONE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOCIAL SECURITY TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. I NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. ANY FEEDBACK PLEASE.. THANK YOU
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