Workers In Smithfield COVID Pay Suit Can't Be A Collective

By Irene Spezzamonte · August 23, 2023, 1:30 PM EDT

Plant workers can't continue pursuing on a collective basis their claims that Smithfield Foods didn't factor COVID-19 incentives into their overtime rates, an Illinois federal judge ruled, saying the proposed collective...

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Case Information

Case Title

Winking et al v. Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. et al

Case Number

1:22-cv-01937

Court

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit

710(Labor: Fair Standards)

Date Filed

April 14, 2022