Strategic Staffing $5.25 Million Deal With Workers Gets First OK

A Strategic Staffing Solutions workers’ $5.25 million deal with to settle a California wage and hour class action received preliminary approval from a federal judge.

The pact with an estimated 441 workers who were California residents is “fair, reasonable, and adequate,” Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, said Monday.

• Paula Norton asserted claims for failure to pay minimum and overtime wages, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and failure to reimburse necessary business expenses, among others
• The settlement recognizes two classes, of exempt and non-exempt workers; exempt workers are expected ...