Facts

SkyWest, Inc. employs Frontline Employees to perform various activities, including checking in and boarding passengers, rebooking flights, assisting passengers with special needs, and loading and unloading baggage, cargo, and pets into and out of the aircraft prior to and after each flight flown.

Cody Meek, Jeremy Barnes, and Coryell Ross, former Frontline Employees for SkyWest Airlines, Inc. brought a class and representative Private Attorneys' General Act (PAGA) action on behalf of themselves and a class of similarly situated Frontline Employees who were employed by SkyWest, Inc. and SkyWest Airlines, Inc. in the State of California during the relevant period.

PLAINTIFFS' CONTENTIONS: Plaintiffs contended that defendants maintained an unlawful employment scheme that denied plaintiffs from receiving wages to which they were entitled. This scheme also failed to fully compensate its California Frontline Employees for each hour of their work as required under the applicable labor laws of the State of California. Plaintiffs asserted claims for failure to pay minimum wages; missed or shorter meal and rest breaks; failure to pay overtime for shift trades and off-the-clock time; failure to provide accurately itemized wage statements; violation of California's Unfair Competition Law; waiting time penalties; and civil penalties pursuant to PAGA.

DEFENDANTS' CONTENTIONS: Defendants denied all contentions.

Result

The parties reached an agreement wherein the defendants admitted no liability or wrongdoing but agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle class members' claims.