Polaris Workers Get Nod for Kronos-Hack Wage Dispute Settlement

Polaris Inc. and workers who say it failed to properly compensate them after a cyberattack knocked third-party timekeeping system Kronos offline secured a federal judge’s approval for their nearly $1.4 million deal Thursday.

The settlement, which also resolves allegations that the electric vehicle maker underpaid workers before the hack, covers all hourly workers Polaris employed at a Huntsville, Ala., facility from May 17, 2019, to the present, the US District Court for the District of Minnesota said.

Leah Isbell, who worked for Polaris as an hourly assembler, alleges that the company didn’t accurately record work hours or make proper ...