$5.5M Agreement Over Tobacco Surcharge, Wage And Hour Claims Gets Preliminary OK

Mealey's (February 6, 2023, 9:17 AM EST) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a $5.5 million class settlement of a suit over wage and hour claims and allegations that a group health plan violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by imposing a tobacco surcharge without meeting safe harbor requirements....