Klafter Olsen & Lesser: Abercrombie & Fitch To Pay Assistant Manager Thousands of Dollars In Improperly Withheld Overtime Wages
RYE BROOK, N.Y., March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Klafter Olsen & Lesser LLP; Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, & Figel, P.L.L.C.; and Berger Attorney, P.C. announce that Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. (NYSE: ANF), have offered to pay $4,075.96 to one Assistant Manager for failing to pay proper overtime wages from May 16, 2010 to present, in connection with a lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of New York, Hepler, et al. v. Abercrombie & Fitch Co., et al., 13 Civ. 2815. Abercrombie agreed to pay the Assistant Manager's attorney's fees and court costs to be determined by the Court.
The claims arose under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") and asserted that Abercrombie violated the FLSA by failing to pay Assistant Managers all wages due and owing to them for working more than 40 hours a week. Abercrombie did not pay overtime to the Assistant Manager at time and one-half, and Plaintiffs alleged that its practice violated the law. Abercrombie claimed that the amount offered to the Assistant Manager includes all overtime wages owed plus liquidated (double) damages, and interest. The full number of Abercrombie Assistant Managers who were subject to Abercrombie's pay practice is not known.
The Abercrombie Assistant Managers are represented by Seth R. Lesser, Fran Rudich, and Michael Palitz of Klafter Olsen & Lesser LLP; Silvija Strikis and Andrew Hetherington of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, & Figel, P.L.L.C.; and Bradley Berger of Berger Attorney, P.C.
"This lawsuit is another in an unfortunate pattern of employers taking advantage of workers who are unaware of their rights," said Seth R. Lesser of KOL. "It is one of Klafter Olsen & Lesser's priorities, and that of my co-counsel firms, to help workers obtain overtime premiums to which they are entitled, and we hope that this judgment sends a message to Abercrombie and other employers that they need to be vigilant in complying with the law," Mr. Lesser explained.
For more information, contact Michael Palitz at [email protected] or 914-934-9200, extension 312.
The firms representing Plaintiffs have extensive experience in bringing FLSA and wage and hour cases involving the failure to pay overtime. Please visit any of the firms' websites, www.klafterolsen.com, www.khhte.com, and www.bergerattorney.com, for more information.
SOURCE Klafter Olsen & Lesser LLP
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