March 29, 2017
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday granted preliminary approval to a $5 million settlement that would end a yearslong dispute between J.C. Penney Corp. and part-time employees in Illinois who say they were never paid vacation benefits when they left the company.
March 08, 2016
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of former, part-time J.C. Penney employees who sued the company over unpaid vacation benefits, saying the workers' more streamlined class definition fixed the problems in a previously denied class certification bid.