Facts

Jeffrey Lapan, Ashwin Chandra and Claudia Bleus brought a class action on behalf of themselves and other current and former employees of apparel company PVH Retail Stores LLC and affiliated companies.

PLAINTIFFS' CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiffs contended that defendants paid them through a payroll card program and charged fees, resulting in plaintiffs not receiving their wages free and clear from unlawful deductions. They also contended that some plaintiffs did not receive their statutory minimum wage, overtime compensation, or weren't properly paid their final wages at time of termination.

Plaintiffs asserted claims of common law breach of contract, violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, minimum wage violations, and overtime wage violations, violations of the California Labor Code, violations of California Unfair Competition Law, waiting time penalties and conversion.

DEFENDANTS' CONTENTIONS:
Defendants contended, among other things that the use of the payroll card program was lawful, that none of the alleged fees were charged by defendants, defendants received no benefit from them fees, and the plaintiffs were carefully instructed how to use the pay card program in a way to avoid incurring fees.

Result

Defendants agreed to settle the class action for $725,000.

Other Information

FILING DATE: Oct. 25, 2013.