Noodles & Co. Will Pay $3 Million to Settle Overtime Claims

Noodles & Company will pay $3 million to settle the overtime pay claims of a nationwide class of assistant general managers who said they were wrongly classified as exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Castillo v. Noodles & Co., N.D. Ill., No. 16-3036, settlement approved 12/23/16).

A federal district court in Chicago Dec. 23 approved the agreement between the restaurant chain and four named plaintiffs to create a settlement fund for assistant general managers who worked for Noodles & Company at any time from Nov. 23, ...