American Airlines, Workers Seek Final Nod for Overtime Suit Deal

American Airlines Inc. and a group of workers asked a federal judge to sign off on their deal to resolve a wage-and-hour lawsuit alleging the airline owes them overtime pay.

The $185,000 settlement covers approximately 200 people who worked as customer service representatives for the airline, which allegedly didn’t pay them for the time they spent getting their computers and work programs set up before their shifts started, according to final settlement approval documents filed Monday in the US District Court for the District of Arizona.

• Judge Susan M. Brnovich last year ruled that a Fair Labor Standards Act exemption ...