Tentative Settlement Reached in FLSA Complaint Against Comcast
A 2012 complaint by cable line technicians against Comcast may be headed to settlement. In a status report (in Pacer) filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, attorneys for the plaintiffs and Comcast said a settlement in principle was…
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reached through private mediation. They also asked for the court to adjourn pending trial deadlines and instead set a deadline for filing a joint motion for approval of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) settlement. But in a docket entry (in Pacer) Friday, the court said the deadlines will stand and the court will endeavor to rule quickly on any joint motion for approval of settlement once one is filed. Magistrate Judge Young Kim in February granted part of the plaintiffs' motion to reconsider and threw out his 2015 summary judgment ruling (see 1602260066). The lawsuit alleged FLSA and Illinois Minimum Wage Law violations by Comcast for encouraging technicians to spend time before and after shifts doing such tasks as loading or unloading their vehicles, and they were entitled to compensation for time they spent on call because they were “highly restricted” during such on-call shifts.