Lidl Sued By N.Y. Cashier Over Late Pay, Pregnancy Bias (1)

Grocery retailer Lidl US LLC is facing accusations that it violated New York law by paying more than 100 store associates on a biweekly, rather than weekly, basis, and denying a pregnant cashier’s request for a chair, in a new lawsuit filed in federal court.

The proposed class action alleges that Lidl should’ve paid the employees on a weekly basis because they qualify as manual workers under New York Labor Law.

Lidl, “as a standard operating principle,” complies with “all employment laws and requirements everywhere [it] operates,” spokesman William Harwood told Bloomberg Law on Friday.

The employees are manual workers ...