Bacon Maker Employees to Receive Over $1 Million in Wage Deal

A federal court approved a $1.1 million settlement for an employee’s FLSA collective action over unpaid wages at a bacon manufacturing company.

• Sara Cordell alleged Sugar Creek Packing Company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and Ohio law by not paying food production employees for time spent on necessary sanitary measures such as hand washing during their unpaid meal breaks. The US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio approved the settlement negotiated by both parties
• The agreement includes a collective-wide settlement that allows more than 6,300 current and former hourly employees who worked more than 40 hours from ...