Judge Denies Class Certification In Amazon Wage Suit As 2022 Briefs Are ‘Outdated’

( February 25, 2026, 10:04 AM EST) -- DENVER — A federal judge in Colorado denied a 2022 motion for class certification filed by an Amazon worker who alleges that he and others were incorrectly paid overtime based on a pay rate that did not include holiday incentive pay (HIP), opining that the discussion of superiority is now “outdated” following a ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court in September 2024 that “seemingly resolved the ‘central issue’ of this case.”...