Rite Aid will pay $20.9 million to end a class action lawsuit that accused the drug store chain of violating federal wage laws. Continue reading “The Oregonian, “Rite Aid’s $20.9 Million Overtime Violation Settlement Approved by Court””
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Rite Aid Corp. has agreed to pay $20.9 million to settle Fair Labor Standards Act class claims lodged by assistant store managers across the country who claimed they were wrongfully classified as overtime-exempt. The proposed settlement is an omnibus settlement that marks the end of several years of dogged litigation – literally coast to coast from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon. Steve Larson, a shareholder at Stoll Berne, represented Donna Garcia from Bend, Oregon, who served as the plaintiff in the suit on behalf of the Oregon assistant store managers filed in the federal district court of Oregon. Continue reading “Rite Aid Corp. settles assistant store manager overtime class action”
Nationwide Mutual Insurance announced on its website that a segment of its online computer network was “criminally attacked” in October and as a result of the data breach, information from about one million individuals has been compromised. According to Nationwide, the perpetrators accessed data revealing its customers’ social security numbers, dates of birth, and driver’s licenses. No credit card account information was stolen. Continue reading “Nationwide Mutual has widespread data breach”