Abercrombie to Pay $9.6M to Settle Employee Pay Lawsuit

Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co. agreed to pay $9.6 million to settle claims that its retail scheduling practices violate a California law that mandates pay when an employee reports to work.

About 61,500 employees would receive payouts. They were owed pay under a law that requires compensation when an employee reports to work but is sent home because business is slow, the workers said.

Employees were required to call into the business before a shift to see if they should report to the store, but sometimes were told not to come in, they said. The workers argued that the phone ...