New Jersey Employment Lawyer Blog

Employment lawyers in NJ are going to cash in on this case. Retalier of office spplies, Staples Inc. has entered into a $42 million settlement in a class action. The case allaged that overtime was not paid to 5,500 assistant managers. The settlement agreement was approved by District Judge Katharine Sweeney Hayden. Judge Hayden sits in the United States District Court, in Newark, New Jersey. The settlement calls for back pay and statutory damages for managers that were classified as overtime-exempt even though the majority of their work hours were spent unloading trucks, stocking shelves and running cash registers. The lawsuit, In Re Staples Inc. , 2:08-cv-05746, alleges that Staples violated the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act is a federal law nthat applies to employers in the state of New Jersey.