Kraft Heinz Workers Seek Nod for $15 Million Wage Dispute Deal

Kraft Heinz Foods Co. workers who say the company stiffed them on pay for off-the-clock work and miscalculated overtime urged a federal judge to advance a $15 million settlement.

The deal covers nearly 42,000 people who worked at the food and beverage producer in more than a dozen states across a roughly five-year period, according to a brief the workers filed in support of their preliminary settlement approval motion in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

The workers say Kraft Heinz didn’t pay them for pre- and post-shift work and improperly left some payments out when ...