Victoria’s Secret Settles N.Y. Workers’ Class Suit Over Wages

Victoria’s Secret Stores LLC will avoid facing a class of more than 1,000 employees who alleged wage and hour violations after a federal court in New York dismissed the case Friday following a settlement.

Employee Yvonne Silva sued the company on behalf of workers who spent at least 25% of their time engaged in physical labor. Victoria’s Secret failed to compensate class members for all hours worked, and denied them commissions earned and overtime hours worked, the complaint alleged.

Victoria’s Secret managers allegedly logged into the company’s timekeeping system to alter Silva’s hours to reflect less time than she actually ...