Victoria’s Secret to Pay $12M to Settle Call-In Shift Case

Victoria’s Secret will pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it owes workers pay for times when they’re scheduled to call the store to ask if they should report for work and are told to stay home.

A class of 43,669 retail personnel who worked in California between 2010 and 2017 will share the settlement (Casas v. Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC, C.D. Cal., No. 2:14-cv-06412, final settlement approval 11/20/17). They said they were required to call and report to the store two hours later if told to come in. They were disciplined if they didn’t call when ...