September 15, 2022
American Airlines employees who alleged that up to 4,000 current and former workers were underpaid for off-clock time they spent at airports have lost their bid for class certification, after a California federal judge said that the issues were highly individualized and that trying to understand their certification arguments was like "attempting to read a book through frosted glass."
June 14, 2022
American Airlines Inc. told a California federal court not to grant conditional class certification to workers' wage and hour claims, saying that assertions that workers were underpaid for off-clock work were unbacked by any evidence.
May 17, 2022
California airport-based employees of American Airlines asked a California federal court to certify class claims that the airline engaged in unfair business practices by underpaying workers for off-clock time they spent at airports.
July 28, 2021
A California federal judge has tossed part of a proposed class action accusing American Airlines of various wage and hour violations, saying a labor contract barred a worker from bringing some minimum wage and overtime claims under state and federal law.