Kansas Federal Judge Denies Approval Of Shipping Broker’s $5.1M Wage Settlement

(April 13, 2016, 1:10 PM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas federal judge on April 11 denied final approval of a $5.1 million wage-and-hour settlement to be paid by a shipping broker to employees, finding that the confidentiality provisions and proposed service awards are not fair or equitable to all parties (Nancy Koehler, et al. v. Freightquote.com, Inc., et al., No. 12-2505, D. Kan.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48597)....