Tigers Global Logistics has decided to resolve all claims that it violated California labor laws while paying its non-exempt employees with a $270000 settlement. The settlement terms will benefit the non-exempt employees of Avent Group Inc. in California who were assigned to work for Tigers (USA) Global Logistics Inc. between 3rd October 2015 and 15th March 2021. A subclass of Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) employees is also included in the settlement who worked for Avent and were allotted to work for Tigers between 30th August 2018 and 15th March 2021.
Settlement Website: AventTigersGlobalSettlement.com
Objection Deadline: 10/31/2022
Exclusion Deadline: 10/31/2022
Claim Form: Plaintiffs cannot submit their claims online. Physical claim forms have been mailed to all class members. You can contact the settlement administrator for further queries and concerns.
Deadline For Submitting Claim Form: 10/31/2022
Final Hearing Date: 12/12/2022
Settlement Amount: $270K
Potential Claim Amount: Variable
Proof of Purchase: Not applicable
Tiger Global Logistics offers technology, supply chain, and freight forwarding services to several California-based companies. Avent Group is a staffing company offering hourly non-exempt employees who work in various roles with Tigers. However, a 2019 class-action lawsuit brought against Tigers Global Logistics pointed out that the company breached multiple California labor laws while remunerating Avent employees.
As per the plaintiffs, Tigers didn’t pay the minimum wage and overtime wage. They also denied meal breaks and rest periods to employees. There were defaults in timely wage payments and inaccurate wage statements were offered to the person that violated the California wage-and-hour laws, including PAGA, a state law that allows employees to take legal action on behalf of California’s labor authority.
Tiger hasn’t acknowledged any wrongdoing but has agreed to honor the settlement for resolving all the allegations brought against them. This will be done with a $270000 settlement, out of which $60000 is a PAGA penalty. Under the settlement terms, class members will be eligible for cash payments depending on the number of weeks they worked during the class period. As per the settlement agreement, class members worked for an estimated total of 24552 work weeks and payment shall be made towards the same under the settlement.
The class member’s settlement payment will be proportional to their total share. California Labor and Workforce Development Agency and PAGA class members shall be paid out of the $60,000 PAGA penalty. 25% or $15000 will be used to fund payments to PAGA class members whereas 75%, or $45,000, will be used to pay penalties to the labor agency. It is estimated that each class member will receive approximately $45.87 as their penalty share.
