Southwest Agrees To Pay $1M To Settle Calif. Wage Suit

[Roomwithaview]

WTF?

Law360, New York (June 30, 2014, 3:37 PM ET) -- Southwest Airlines Co. on Friday agreed to pay $1 million to settle a proposed class action brought by employees who alleged the company failed to provide accurate wage statements and did not pay terminated employees on time, according to documents filed Friday in a California federal court.

The Dallas-based airline will create a fund to settle the claims of more than 5,000 class members in the nine-month-old dispute. According to the settlement agreement, named plaintiff and former employee Timothy Mansfield will receive a $5,000 bonus and...

http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/Mansfield_v_Southwest_Airlines_Co_et_al__casdce-13-02337__0022.1.pdf

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Every major airline needs a Mansfield case, I guess.

 

[canyonblue]

Looks like about $119.00 per person, what a country we live in.

 

[freightdogfred]

Looks like about $119.00 per person, what a country we live in.

depends on the person- the atty got 250K

 

[Roomwithaview]

True Dat!!

depends on the person- the atty got 250K

The attorneys always get paid.

uke:

 

[DUBLINFLYER]

its actually $58 for pilots, we just got the letter

 

[canyonblue]

depends on the person- the atty got 250K

Yeah, that's my point.