Yakima County Superior Court has granted final approval for a $1 million settlement that provides retroactive overtime pay for workers at a Lower Yakima Valley dairy.
Jose Martinez-Cuevas, left, and Patricia Aguilar filed a class action lawsuit against DeRuyter Brothers Dairy in Outlook in 2016, claiming that it was not given mandatory rest breaks, meal periods or overtime pay despite working nine to 12 hours a day, six days a week.
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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakima County Superior Court has approved a $1 million settlement that provides retroactive overtime pay for workers at a Lower Yakima Valley dairy.
The settlement wraps up a class-action lawsuit filed in 2016 by Jose Martinez-Cuevas and Patricia Aguilar on behalf of nearly 300 workers of DeRuyter Brothers Dairy of Outlook, the Yakima Herald reported .
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