Comcast to Pay $450,000 to Settle Overtime Complaint
Comcast will pay $450,000 to settle a 2012 complaint by a group of cable line technicians, under a settlement approved Monday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, said a docket entry (in Pacer). Under the terms worked out with a…
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mediator, the seven plaintiffs will receive a gross settlement of $450,000, with $250,000 going for attorneys' fees and costs. A jury trial had been scheduled to start Nov. 1, according to court records, but the parties indicated in May they were close to a settlement (see 1605310033). The hourly workers sued, claiming they were owed overtime pay for work they did before and after their scheduled shifts in excess of 40 hours a week.