Bank of America Worker’s Atypical Claims Doom Wage Class Status

A former Bank of America NA loan officer who says it owes ex-workers pay for unused vacation time failed to qualify as a class representative, a federal judge said.

The worker alleges BofA didn’t pay out her accrued but unused vacation time when she left the bank and seeks to represent two classes and a subclass. But she can’t serve as a representative because “her claims are not typical of her three putative classes,” the US District Court for the Northern District of California said.

• Plaintiff Elle Nguyen alleges the vacation payout failure violates the laws of 40 states ...