$1 Million California Bag Check Class Action Settlement Reached

InterContinental Hotels Group has agreed to a nearly $1 million California bag check class action settlement over employees’ wages.

The California bag check class action settlement will resolve the claims brought forward by California employees that the hotel company stiffed employees out of money earned during the time they spent getting their bags checked, as well as changing in and out of the required uniform.

The lawsuit alleges that InterContinental Hotel Group employees were required to undergo security bag checks and change in and out of uniform while they were not actually on the clock.

The lead plaintiff, a former employee of InterContinental Hotels Group, asked the judge in charge of the case, U.S. District Judge Thelton E. Henderson, for preliminary approval of the settlement.

The California bag check class action settlement requires that InterContinental Hotels Group pay $975,000 in settlement money to around 1,500 class members. Attorneys’ fees will account for $273,000, around 28 percent of the total settlement amount.

Class members eligible to receive part of the California bag check class action settlement money include all nonexempt hourly wage employees who worked at InterContinental Hotels Group or two related hotels between November 2010 and the present.

The lead plaintiff originally filed this lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court back in November 2014 and attempted to include employees from each of IHG’s 33 hotels. Since then, it has been moved to federal court and condensed to include only employees who have worked at one of three hotels.

More California Bag Check Class Action Settlements

This is not the only California bag check class action settlement to be reached in recent months.

Indeed, CVS Caremark Corp. reached a $12.75 million settlement over the time spent in security checks for 78,000 workers. That deal was granted preliminary approval by a California state judge on October 3^rd.

Preliminary approval has also been granted to a $2.8 million settlement from Tilly’s over time spent in bag checks by 4,000 workers.

A $1.75 settlement has also been granted preliminary approval for Coach Inc. over similar claims.

The Fair Labor Standards Act was enacted to protect workers from employers who take advantage or refuse to pay proper wages.

These laws protect workers from underpayment or unpaid wages, inadequate or unpaid meal and rest breaks, lack of termination wages, and misclassification of workers to avoid overtime payment.

If you or someone you know has worked for an employer in California like InterContinental Hotel Groups that has failed to follow some part of the Fair Labor Standards Act or state labor laws, you may be able to join a wage and hour class action lawsuit or file a lawsuit of your own.

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