Settlement: During a Jan. 25 City Council meeting, Interim City Attorney Joe Lawrence announced the settlement of a class action lawsuit regarding the underpayment of nearly 200 lifeguards. With Council’s approval the City will resolve the suit with a $350,000 settlement. The dispute pertains to a group of lifeguards who between 2015 and 2018 claimed that they were not reimbursed for working all of the time that they did nor for attending mandatory swimming trainings.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 7, 2022. Read the original PDF.