Supermarket chain Gristede’s wrongly denied overtime pay

Supermarket chain Gristede’s wrongly denied overtime pay to more than 400 current and former lower-level managers, a federal judge ruled last week. Federal District Judge Paul A. Crotty found that Gristede’s had sought to treat the managers as hourly workers for some purposes but as salaried employees for the purposes of overtime. Attorneys for the plaintiffs estimate that damages could reach $25 million. See the New York Times for the full story.