Horizon Global Americas’ Worker Wage Settlement a No-Go

The District of Kansas rejected a proposed settlement to resolve claims that Horizon Global Americas Inc., a company that makes and sells custom towing equipment, failed to fully compensate employees for on-the-clock time worked and for extra time it required them to work before their shifts started.

The proposed deal sought two settlement classes: one for Fair Labor Standards Act claims and one for Kansas Wage Payment Act claims. The failure of would-be class representative Elizabeth Elston to show her work in arriving at the settlement’s proposed $220,000 fund was fatal for both, the U.S. District Court for the District ...