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Workplace Class-Action Settlements Hit $2.72B in 2017

Wage and hour settlements accounted for $1.2B of the total.

By Marlene Y. Satter, BenefitsPro | Updated on January 17, 2018

The number of class-action rulings and dollar amount of settlements reached soared in 2017, according to Seyfarth Shaw’s 14th annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report, and settlements reached in 2018 look likely to continue to cost employers more.

According to HRDive, not only did the number of class-action rulings hit a record, at 1,408, but wage and hour settlements alone accounted for a combined $1.2 billion out of the total of $2.72 billion.

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