Bojangles Gets Worker Allegations Trimmed in Wage Class Action

Bojangles’ Restaurants Inc. secured a pre-trial win on some claims in a wage-and-hour suit, but it will still have to defend others, including two state-law classes made up of approximately 3,000 workers.

The fried chicken chain defeated some of the named plaintiff’s individual employment discrimination allegations and some Georgia and Tennessee class wage claims. But too much is in dispute for either side to get summary judgment on the Fair Labor Standards Act allegations, the US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina said.

Robert Stafford worked for Bojangles first as a crew member and then as ...