Ritz-Carlton to Pay $2 Million Overtime Class Action Settlement

Ritz-Carlton to Pay $2 Million Overtime Class Action Settlement

By Kimberly Mirando

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel will pay $2 million to settle an overtime class action lawsuit alleging it underpaid overtime wages to thousands of California employees.

Roughly 1,500 current and former employees at three Ritz-Carlton hotels in San Francisco, Half Moon Bay and Lake Tahoe will share in the $2 million class action settlement, which will resolve allegations the Marriott International subsidiary violated California state wage and hour laws.

Plaintiffs in the Ritz-Carlton overtime class action lawsuit alleged they were denied meal breaks, overtime and full pay for accrued vacations and paid time off days. Plaintiffs further alleged the luxury hotel chain denied them overtime pay if they did not receive prior authorization for working overtime.

The class action settlement deal will allow current and former overtime-eligible employees who worked at the three locations at any time since November 2007 to opt out of the settlement. For every employee that opts out, a larger share of the class action settlement will go to Class Members.

Ritz-Carlton continues to deny the allegations, but agreed to the class action lawsuit settlement to resolve the litigation.

The Ritz-Carlton Overtime Class Action Lawsuit Settlement case is Lambson v. Marriott International, Inc. et al, Case No. 11-cv-06669, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Updated February 6th, 2013

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