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OBI, Ocean Beauty Seafoods Settle Class Action Wages Lawsuit
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OBI, Ocean Beauty Seafoods Settle Class Action Wages Lawsuit

A federal district court in Washington state has ordered OBI Seafoods and Ocean Beauty Seafoods to pay $2.1 million to resolve a class action lawsuit for paying employees late and underpaying them during mandatory quarantines put into effect during the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. District Judge Marsha J. Pechman for the Western District of Washington signed the order on Dec. 5, ordering the two seafood processing companies to pay $2.1 million to class action members and $10,000 each to plaintiffs in the case, Marija and Dusan Paunovic, plus related settlement administration costs and attorney fees. OBI CEO John Hanrahan said in a statement obtained by the publication Seafood Source that his company “values its employees, pays competitive wages, and complies with all federal, state an...