Sephora Should Get Pay Case Tossed After Law Change, Judge Says

Sephora USA Inc. should defeat claims that it failed to pay manual workers on a weekly basis, a federal magistrate judge recommended, taking a side in a split of authority over whether New York wage law allows this kind of private suit.

The cosmetics retailer initially failed to convince the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to throw out the case because a state intermediate appellate court found a private right of action for workers to pursue such lawsuits. But a new decision reaching the opposite conclusion came down earlier this year, and New York’s top ...