A judge has granted preliminary approval of a $13.1 million deal offered by Vail Resorts to settle five wage and labor lawsuits in California, likely quashing a similar class action lawsuit filed in Colorado.
The settlement deal, which was unveiled in court filings at the start of January, was granted preliminary approval by a judge in California state court on Feb. 1, according to court documents obtained by the Vail Daily. The settlement does not just apply to the plaintiffs of the five California cases directly involved in the deal — it would settle any and all allegations that the company failed to reimburse employees for equipment or pay employees for all hours worked over the last three to four years.
The deal offers $13.1 million spread over a “class” of about 100,000 Vail Resorts employees nationwide. However, this amount quickly dwindles to $8.24 million after the deduction of administrative costs and $4.36 million in legal fees – a number that the California plaintiffs’ attorneys say is “appropriate” and “in line with market rates.”
If the remaining $8.24 million were to be distributed evenly across the 100,000 “class members,” it would shake out to about $82 per person. The settlement funds will not be doled out evenly across class members, though, and instead will use an “allocation formula” to determine how much each employee should receive based on how long they have worked for Vail Resorts, when and where they worked and the position or positions they...
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