December 02, 2020
A California federal judge has approved a $1.27 million fee award for attorneys who represented a class of workers who reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with H&M to resolve claims that the retailer denied them pay for time they spent going through security checks after their shifts.
March 09, 2020
H&M has agreed to pay $3.8 million to resolve a proposed class action accusing the fashion retailer of violating California labor law by stiffing workers on pay for time they spent undergoing security checks after their shifts.
January 02, 2020
A California federal judge has rejected H&M's bid to decertify a class of workers who say they weren't paid for time spent in security checks after their shifts ended, finding that inconsistencies in the clothing chain's methods for post-shift checks don't squash the commonality of the class' claims.
November 08, 2019
H&M has urged a California federal judge to decertify classwide treatment on claims that workers weren't paid for time spent in security checks after their shifts ended, arguing the clothing chain doesn't have a uniform practice of requiring every worker to go through such a check post-shift.
August 08, 2018
A California federal judge granted class certification Wednesday to some claims that H&M doesn't pay workers for time spent in security checks, finding under the California Supreme Court's recent Troester v. Starbucks decision that the clothing chain can't argue its inspections were too short to trigger legal liability.
May 31, 2018
An ex-H&M worker urged a California federal judge Thursday to certify a 10,000-member class over allegations the retailer shorts workers on time spent in security checks, saying the California Supreme Court's upcoming decision in the closely watched Troester v. Starbucks case won't impact his claims.