Urban Outfitters Failed to Pay New York Manual Workers On a Weekly Basis, Lawsuit Alleges

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A proposed class action claims that retailer Urban Outfitters, Inc. has violated a New York law by paying manual workers on a semi-monthly basis instead of each week.

The six-page lawsuit specifies that New York employers are required under the state’s labor law to pay manual workers on a weekly basis unless the company receives authorization from the New York State Department of Labor Commissioner to pay wages on a semi-monthly basis. Per the case, the defendant, who operates Urban Outfitters and Free People retail stores throughout New York, has received no such authorization.

Nevertheless, Urban Outfitters has violated New York law by paying manual workers every other week instead of each week, the lawsuit contests.

The plaintiff is a New York resident who says she worked at a Free People store in New York City’s Rockefeller Center from June 2018 to May 2019. According to the suit, more than 25 percent of the plaintiff’s time was spent on manual labor, including working the sales floor, operating cash registers, cleaning, and attending to fitting rooms. The case claims, however, that the plaintiff was paid every other week throughout the entirety of her employment.

The lawsuit argues that the plaintiff has been injured by Urban Outfitters’ apparent failure to pay timely wages in that she was temporarily deprived of her pay.

“Thus, every day that said money was not paid to her in a timely fashion, she lost the time value of that money,” the complaint argues.

The plaintiff looks to represent anyone who worked as a manual worker in their employment for Urban Outfitters, Inc. in New York at any time within the past six years and until the date class notice is sent.

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