Oregon Workers File Claims Against Taco Bell

More than 14,000 Taco Bell workers and former employees in Oregon are facing a March 31 deadline to file claims in a class-action lawsuit about unpaid overtime. A similar lawsuit in Washington state settled in 1997 has resulted in $2.75 million in payments to more than 2,100 current and former workers. Those hired after July 1991 and before August 1997 will be receiving questionnaires to join the class action. A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge had found that the claims process Taco Bell set up was inadequate. There was no immediate comment from Irvine-based Taco Bell.