February 25, 2025 - By TFL
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A New York federal court denied former Valentino employees’ bid for class certification in the wage and hour lawsuit they are waging against the fashion brand.
Former Valentino employees accuse it of “willfully and knowingly underpaying a large portion of employees by failing to pay them overtime wages” in violation of labor laws.
The court ruled that the plaintiffs failed to satisfy several requirements for class action certification, namely, numerosity, commonality, typicality, and predominance.
Valentino U.S.A. has nabbed a meaningful victory in a lawsuit accusing it of “willfully and knowingly underpaying a large portion of its employees, by failing to pay them overtime wages” in violation of federal and state labor laws. In a new decision, a New York federal court denied a pool of former Valentino employees’ bid for class certification in the wage and hour lawsuit they are waging against the American arm of the Italian fashion brand. The court ruled that the plaintiffs failed to put forth sufficient evidence of a uniform policy affecting all class members, denying the motion for class certification but allowing individual claims to proceed.
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