Walgreens Faces Cashier Seating Class Suit Despite Settlement

Walgreen Co. has to face class claims that the store didn’t provide suitable seating for its cashiers because those claims weren’t part of a worker’s 2014 settlement, the Ninth Circuit said.

Walgreens agreed to settle nine wage and hour actions for $23 million in 2014. The settled claims dealt with the retailer’s alleged failure to provide work breaks, accurate wage statements, overtime pay, and business expense reimbursements, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said Jan. 9 in an unpublished ruling.

The trial court that oversaw the settlement issued an order in 2017 blocking Dolores Zamora’s Private ...