In response to a lawsuit an employee filed in 2011, Cleary Building Corp. has settled a wage dispute that grew into a class-action suit involving 808 company employees across four states. At issue was the question of whether the employee should be paid for time traveling to job sites and Cleary branch offices, loading and unloading his truck, or performing other work-related activities, which was determined in the end to amount to about 3.5 hours of uncompensated time per week.
The company denied any wrongdoing but negotiated a settlement that will pay the workers in the class-action suit about $665 on average. The employee filing the suit, who has since left the company on good terms, will receive $5,000. Cleary Building Corp. has asked a federal judge to approve a $925,000 payment. Plaintiffs’ attorneys would receive one-third of the settlement.
