Shoe Retailer Fails to End Manual Worker’s NY Pay-Delay Lawsuit

A shoe store operator must face allegations of failing to timely pay manual workers after a federal judge declined to nix a private right of action in the wake of a new split of authority among New York state courts.

The worker can sue BG Retail LLC, which operates Famous Footwear and Naturalizer shoe stores, to enforce a state law requiring weekly pay for manual laborers, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said. But she didn’t allege any “concrete downstream injuries” from the lack of a wage notice, dooming that portion of the suit, ...