Hewitt Associates, LLC (“Hewitt”) has agreed to pay $4.9 million to settle a class action suit for alleged violations of wage and hour laws.  The complaint alleged that Hewitt refused to pay hourly employees overtime wages for hours worked in excess of eight hours per day and/or forty hours per week.  The settlement agreement that was conditionally approved on December 8, 2008, resolves a number of pending actions in federal and state courts including: California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.  A hearing on final settlement approval is scheduled at 3:00 pm on March 19, 2009.  

The Employment Law Group® law firm routinely represents employees in wage and hour class action suits.  For information about The Employment Law Group® law firm’s Wage and Hour Practice, click here.

Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $54.25 million after seven years of litigation to resolve a class action suit for alleged violations of wage and hour laws.  The complaint alleged that Wal-Mart required its hourly employees to work “off the clock” without pay and that it failed to maintain accurate time records.  The settlement, which remains subject to state court approval, covers over 100,000 former and current hourly employees who worked at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores in Minnesota between September 1998 and January 2004.  The settlement also requires Wal-Mart to utilize various measures including surveys, to ensure that the company remains compliant with state and federal wage and hour laws.

For more information on wage and hour laws, visit The Employment Law Group® law firm’s Wage and Hour Practice at http://www.employmentlawgroup.net/PracticeAreas/Non-Payment-of-Wages.asp .