Allstate Corp., the nation’s second-largest home and auto insurer, has agreed to pay out up to $120 million to settle claims that some of its white-collar employees in California were routinely required to work long hours without overtime pay. The settlement grew out of a class action lawsuit filed by insurance adjusters, alleging that Allstate wouldn’t pay overtime but routinely assigned them so many claims that they had to work
nights and weekends just to keep up with their workloads.
Under the settlement, which is awaiting approval by a Los Angeles court, almost 3,000 adjusters will be eligible to receive payments ranging from approximately $1,000 to $100,000, depending on employee tenure and overtime hours worked. Allstate has continued to deny liability or wrongdoing.
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