US EditionWashington State Lawsuit Payouts Skyrocket to More than $500M in Past Year
- Din Tai Fung has agreed to pay $567,361 in restitution to 1,245 employees for wage theft and failure to provide proper meal and rest breaks, as announced by the Seattle Office of Labor Standards.
- The settlement covers the period from January 11, 2020, to December 6, 2023, affecting employees at specific Din Tai Fung locations.
- Din Tai Fung agreed to implement meal and rest break policies in compliance with the city's laws, as mentioned in the settlement documents.
- Steven Marchese from the Office of Labor Standards emphasized the need for businesses to comply with labor laws, stating, 'Compliance with Seattle labor laws is not optional- it's a legal requirement.
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Washington state lawsuit payouts skyrocket to more than $500M in past year
For years, foster parents in Eatonville abused five girls, but the girls couldn’t hold the state accountable for wrongfully placing them in the home and failing to protect them while they lived there. Read more...
Lawsuit Payouts in Washington State top $500 Million in one Year
OLYMPIA, WA – For years, foster parents in Eatonville, Washington, abused five girls, but the girls couldn’t hold the state accountable for wrongfully placing them in the home and failing to protect them while they lived there. That was, until a landmark ruling in their case in 2018 expanded the state’s responsibility beyond the period when officials have custody of foster children. In the years since, the decision has provided a path for numero…
Penn State Settles Lawsuit
Anyone that was enrolled at Penn State during the beginning of the pandemic is due for a large settlement check. It’s part of a 17-million-dollar class action settlement. Several students claimed they paid for classes during the Spring 2020 semester and didn’t receive the services. Payments for eligible students started going out last week. Penn State has over 90-thousand students.
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