May 03, 2021
An Ohio producer of Swiss cheese will pay dozens of production employees to end claims that the company failed to pay overtime by making them go through uncompensated sanitization procedures before each shift, after a federal judge approved a settlement in the conditionally certified collective action.
October 06, 2020
Hourly workers at an Ohio Swiss cheese plant gained conditional certification in a class action alleging they were not paid for taking sanitization measures before handling products intended for human consumption, according to an order filed Monday in Ohio federal court.