Yelp! Account Executives’ Overtime Class Action Settled for $1.25 Million

May 3, 2012, 4:00 AM UTC

SAN FRANCISCO—Review site Yelp! Inc. has agreed to pay up to $1.25 million to settle proposed class allegations that the San Francisco-based company failed to pay overtime to nearly 1,000 account executives, according to a proposed settlement filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Larkin v. Yelp! Inc.).

In the April 27 filing, the employees delineated the settlement’s terms and urged the court to grant preliminary approval.

The 2011 lawsuit alleges that Yelp!, which allows users to review everything front dentists to diaper delivery services, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, the California ...

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