General Mills Operations LLC’s proposal to pay $127,500 to workers and their lawyers to settle a suit over overtime and bonuses received preliminary approval by a federal judge Feb. 15.
The collective of 434 workers will divide $9,410 among themselves, resulting in just over $20 per employee. The rest of the settlement fund will go to Walcheske & Luzi LLC, which represented the collective and its lead plaintiff, John Weninger.
The settlement resolves the production workers’ complaints that General Mills didn’t properly calculate their overtime pay.
General Mills allegedly didn’t include certain non-discretionary bonuses in the worker’s base hourly rate, ...
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