November 07, 2016
Bank of America Corp. has settled a class action in California state court over suitable seating for tellers for $15 million, in a deal that requires the bank to provide proper seats for tellers at all California bank branches, according to documents filed in a related federal suit.
December 21, 2015
The full Ninth Circuit on Friday declined to reconsider a panel's revival of a proposed class action accusing Bank of America of unlawfully denying seats to tellers, preserving the rejection of a lower court's argument that California's suitable seating regulation was preempted by the National Banking Act.
May 20, 2013
A California federal judge on Monday tossed a putative class action against Bank of America Corp. over suitable seating for its tellers, finding a California regulation requiring suitable seating in the workplace "offends and frustrates" the intent of the National Banking Act.
July 18, 2011
A California federal judge on Monday tossed a putative class action against Bank of America NA that accused the bank of forcing its tellers to work standing up, ruling that the the plaintiffs provided no evidence that they requested seats to sit on.
June 17, 2011
Bank of America NA asked a California federal judge Thursday to throw out a putative class action that claims it forces tellers to work standing up, saying the plaintiffs haven't alleged that they wanted or even requested seats.