A federal district court in New York declined to approve a proposed settlement agreement between Mediacom Communications Corporation and an employee bringing a putative class action alleging the cable television provider failed to compensate workers for time they spent each morning booting up their computers and didn’t comply with state-mandated recordkeeping requirements in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law. The court found it couldn’t determine if the proposed settlement was fair based on a record that lacked specifics regarding the negotiation process, the complaining employee’s maximum possible recovery, or the likelihood of ...

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