Target Defeats Workers’ Overtime Pay Calculation Suit on Appeal

Target Corp. is free of allegations it used a flawed method of calculating overtime pay rates after the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday overturned a decision in the workers’ favor.

The district court determined that the retail chain’s overtime practices conflicted with California law and rejected its motion for judgment on the pleadings. But Target actually complied with the state overtime requirement and is entitled to an early win, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said in an unpublished opinion.

• The workers argued that Target didn’t properly calculate their regular rate of pay for overtime purposes and ...