Case: Wage & Hour/Settlement Agreement (S.D.N.Y.)

A federal district court in New York declined to approve a joint proposed settlement agreement addressing alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the New York Labor Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law by Hudson Bay Co. and Lord & Taylor LLC, concluding the agreement wasn’t fair and reasonable. A provision titled “Waiver and Release of Claims against Defendants” is overbroad, because it’s not limited to the claims asserted in the case and doesn’t include any time or date restrictions, and thereby requires the employee to waive virtually any wage or hour claim against the companies, ...