Lowe’s Faces N.Y. Manual Worker’s Class Claim Over Biweekly Pay

A Lowe’s Home Centers LLC customer service employee who performs some physical tasks may proceed for now with would-be class claims that the company violated New York law by paying manual workers every two weeks instead of every week, a federal court in the state ruled.

Lowe’s and its parent, Lowe’s Companies Inc., may later be able to cite a 1999 letter from the New York State Department of Labor purportedly granting authorization for biweekly pay, after “targeted discovery” about the letter’s addressee, its current effect, and other issues, Judge Rachel P. Kovner said Aug. 27 for the U.S. District ...