Five Guys Enterprises LLC and workers who say the burger and fries restaurateur violated state labor laws may move forward with the fifth version of a $1.2 million settlement nearly three years after a federal judge in California rejected their first attempt.
The chain’s most recent deal provides an estimated $760,000 for more than 2,000 California workers, with the remainder going to attorneys’ fees, a class representative award, and other litigation costs, the US District Court for the Eastern District of California said.
Former manager-in-training Jeremy Lusk in 2017 accused the company and franchisee Encore FGBF LLC of multiple ...
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