Southwest Negotiates Class Settlement Over Paid Military Leave

Southwest Airlines Co. and a class of more than 6,000 employees reached a settlement in a lawsuit saying the airline wrongly refused to provide paid leave for periods of military service.

The parties struck a deal following a series of private mediation sessions and plan to submit details of their class settlement by June 19, they said in a notice filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. This timeline will allow Southwest to seek union approval if needed and give it time to “begin making necessary technology changes to implement the terms of the ...