Dollar General Managers Reach Deal to End Misclassification Suit

Two Dollar General store managers who accused the company of misclassifying them as exempt from overtime reached a deal resolving their wage-and-hour dispute, the parties told a federal court in Alabama.

Amy Ingram and Tammy Buckelew agreed to drop their would-be Fair Labor Standards Act collective allegations against the discount chain with prejudice in exchange for nearly $6,000 combined, plus more than $4,000 in attorneys’ fees and expenses, according to a joint settlement approval motion filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Ingram and Buckelew both signed arbitration agreements including class and collective action waivers, ...