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KL Obtains Final Approval of $7.8 million Settlement with Avis. on Behalf of Avis Shift Managers

On April 28, 2016, the Honorable Eric N. Vitaliano, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York issued an order giving final approval to a $7.8 million Settlement KL reached with Avis Budget Group, Inc, to settle claims asserted in two lawsuits that AVIS misclassified Shift Managers as exempt and failed to pay them for overtime wages for hours worked over 40, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).  The settlement covers 247 Shift Managers that had opted into the lawsuits.

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