January 16, 2015
AutoZone Inc. has inked a deal with the named plaintiffs in a wage-and-hour action set to go to trial in Arizona on Tuesday, avoiding a showdown with a class of 1,500 store managers allegedly misclassified as overtime-exempt.
January 13, 2015
AutoZone Inc.'s attempt to decertify a group of store managers days before the employees' collective wage-and-hour action heads to trial merely rehashes stale arguments the company already made and which have already been rejected, plaintiffs told an Arizona federal court Monday.
January 09, 2015
AutoZone Inc. on Thursday urged an Arizona federal judge to decertify a collective wage-and-hour action brought by store managers days before heading to trial, saying evidence plaintiffs intend to show is inadequate to support a claim that alleged wage violations were systemic, and would be unfair to the company.
January 27, 2012
AutoZone Inc. store managers are properly deemed overtime exempt, despite being bound by detailed corporate policies and spending significant time on customer service and other nonexempt tasks, a federal judge ruled Friday, dismissing an employee class action seeking back pay for overtime wages.
August 11, 2011
A conditionally certified class of AutoZone Inc. store managers urged an Arizona federal judge Wednesday to force the auto parts retail chain to rehire a manager they claim was fired because she was participating in the suit over overtime pay.
May 25, 2011
An Arizona federal judge on Tuesday conditionally certified a class of store managers who allege that auto parts retail chain AutoZone Inc. improperly classified them as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime pay requirements.