Cruise Line Settles Workers’ Compensation Lawsuit

Miami based passenger cruise line, Carnival Corp. has agreed to pay $ 6.25 million to settle a class action lawsuit related to the payment of wages and overtime. Seafaring employees of Carnival had filed the lawsuit alleging that the company failed to pay full wages and overtime. Attorneys for the workers said the settlement also requires Carnival to provide additional disclosure in its contracts regarding how tips are treated as overtime compensation and to operate a grievance and arbitration procedure for wage claims.

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