Penalty Wages Portion Of Verdict Corrected; Jack In The Box’s Other Motions Denied

Mealey's (March 31, 2023, 2:06 PM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon on March 30 granted one of three motions filed by Jack in the Box Inc. following an October verdict awarding a class more than $5.3 million in a wage dispute, agreeing that penalty wages of $1,908 for a worker who previously settled should not have been included in the class award and that the penalty wages for the named plaintiffs needed to be reduced to account for the finding that there were no improper shoe deductions taken....