Aldi Shakes Off Managers’ Nationwide Overtime Suit

Aldi Inc. store managers seeking overtime pay for working “excessive hours” because of the discount grocery chain’s systematic understaffing can’t proceed as a nationwide collective, a federal court ruled.

The lead plaintiffs didn’t submit any evidence showing that their job duties at their stores in Maryland were representative of work performed by other Aldi managers nationwide, Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland said Monday.

Jeremy Hunt and three other store managers who worked at Aldi locations within its Frederick, Md., division sued the grocery chain for unpaid wages under the Fair Labor Standards ...