This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Labor/Employment

Jun. 15, 2017

Victoria's Secret settlement leaves key question unanswered

While a $12 million settlement for plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Victoria's Secret LLC resolved the case, the lack of a judicial ruling on whether the employee's "on-call" shifts definitively qualify for compensation as "reporting time" left similar lawsuits in murky waters.

By Andy Serbe
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES — While a $12 million settlement for plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Victoria's Secret LLC resolved the case, the lack of a judicial ruling on whether the employee's "on-call" shifts definitively qualify for compensation as "reporting time" left similar lawsuits in murky waters.

"It's just the nature of our system. In cases like this, individual parties mi...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$895, but save $100 when you subscribe today… Just $795 for the first year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up