Auto repair company Monro Inc. will pay $250,000 plus certain employer payroll taxes to settle a federal lawsuit by a proposed class of Virginia-based employees who say they weren’t given overtime wages or 401(k) contributions for their overtime hours.
The settlement, announced June 3 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, is slated to benefit about 308 current and former Monro employees who were paid on a flat rate unit basis and not compensated for overtime. The settlement amount represents about 19% of Monro’s maximum possible damages under the Virginia Overtime Wage Act, according to the filing.
After deductions for fees and costs, each settlement class member will receive about one-third of the wages they allegedly should have been paid, according to the filing.
The nine-month-old lawsuit accuses Monro of failing to pay Virginia-based workers time-and-a-half pay for their overtime hours in violation of state law. Monro also forced some employees to work through their uncompensated lunch breaks and failed to give these workers matching 401(k) contributions for their overtime hours, according to the lawsuit.
The Monro employees are represented by Goodley McCarthy LLC, which could receive more than $80,000 in attorneys’ fees if the deal is approved.
Nixon Peabody LLP represents Monro.
The case is Kiaunis v. Monro, Inc., E.D. Va., No. 2:21-cv-00494,...
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