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Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation

Feb. 1, 2022

Class of Dow employees get $3.8M to settle pay claims

223 current and former workers of a plant in Pittsburg said they weren’t paid correctly for meals and rest breaks.

A class of current and former hourly employees under Dow Agrosciences LLC and The Dow Chemical Company have been granted final approval for a $3.8 million settlement to resolve claims the company violated labor codes by failing to provide and rest or meal breaks to its workers operating on 12-hour shifts.

Dow, one of the largest chemical producers in the world, has a manufacturing plant in Pittsburg, where the 223 class members were emplo...

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