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Apple is paying a $2 million pittance after losing a class action case brought by former Apple Store employees:
A California court has ruled in favor of Apple Store workers who accused the iPhone giant of trampling over their employment rights. It is a bittersweet victory. The trial jury yesterday awarded store staff $2m after Apple was found to have illegally denied them meal and rest breaks, and was late giving departing workers their final paychecks.
The class-action complaint was first filed in 2011 in the California State Court in San Diego by four former employees. It was later expanded to a class of more than 21,000 current and former workers who held jobs at the Apple Store as far back as 2007. Apple had been accused of a half-dozen violations of state labor laws, including California laws forbidding the failure to provide meal and rest breaks, full pay upon termination, and unfair business practices.
Lawsuit (PDF).
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday December 14 2016, @09:00PM
That's not how class action settlements work. The amount to be disbursed is held in escrow and "all reasonable efforts" are made to disburse funds to the class members. I don't think they ever adjust the per-member award amount based on lack of claimants.
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