Jani-King International will pay $3.7 million to settle a long-running class action alleging it misclassified workers as independent contractors.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted preliminary approval of the settlement between Jani-King and 290 class members.
The class members performed cleaning services in Pennsylvania under Jani-King’s janitorial franchise system.
They filed suit in 2009, alleging that Jani-King classified them as independent contractors as opposed to employees, which allowed the company to take improper deductions from their wages in violation of Pennsylvania’s Wage Payment and Collection Law.
Each named plaintiff will receive $10,000 as an incentive ...
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