Aldi Agrees to Pay $2M in California Overtime Pay Lawsuit
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Aldi, a discount grocery store chain, recently agreed to a $2 million settlement to end a California overtime lawsuit.
The Details of the Case: Jeree Gant v. ALDI Inc. et al.
Court: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Case No.: 2:19-cv-03109
Overview of the Suit: Jeree Gant v. ALDI Inc. et al.
Thousands of California employees claim that Aldi, the discount grocery store chain, cheated them out of overtime wages. In summer 2020, the discount grocery store chain negotiated a settlement to shut down the overtime pay dispute. This is not the only time the Illinois-based company negotiated to resolve an overtime pay violation claim.
Other Overtime Pay Suits this Defendant Faced:
Aldi, the discount grocery store chain that faced allegations of overtime pay violations from California workers in 2020, previously settled claims with a group of New York store managers alleging they were ot paid for all hours they worked for $10 million. It was just a year after this $10 million wage and hour settlement that a pair of California employees for the same company unveiled their suit including similar allegations.
The Settlement: Jeree Gant v. ALDI Inc. et al.
The two California workers involved in the California wage and hour lawsuit, filed the settlement in federal court on March 29, 2021. They seek settlement approval from U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt. Initially, the two (Grant and Lacey-Salas) filed two separate suits in 2020, but the court granted approval to consolidate the two cases in March 2021. Both plaintiffs alleged that the discount grocery store where they were employed did not provide California employees with full compensation for the hours they worked.
Seeking Settlement Approval in the Wage and Hour Lawsuit Against Aldi:
The plaintiffs are seeking settlement approval and hope to have payouts approved ranging from a few hundred dollars to over a thousand for themselves and for the 2,050+ workers in 70 different Aldi’s locations throughout California employed during the past 5 years.
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