General Electric has agreed to a $9.5 million settlement of a wage-and-hour class action by service technicians for the company who alleged they were routinely required to perform certain tasks off the clock.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Williams held a hearing on the motion for preliminary approval of the proposed settlement on Tuesday, but did not immediately issue a ruling. That followed the plaintiffs’ Dec. 28 motion for preliminary approval and class certification in the case, Maddy v. General Electric. The settlement was reached following a Nov. 29 mediation with Diane Welsh, a former U.S. magistrate judge who is with JAMS in Philadelphia.
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