DEERFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) —  Yankee Candle just settled a class action lawsuit that was filed in March of 2023 for $1.2 million by an employee who claimed employees were not being fairly paid due to the company’s time-rounding policy that heavily benefited the company.

Yankee Candle would round employee’s time to the nearest fifteen minute mark, but strategically placed policies that ensured employees would work for minutes they wouldn’t be paid for, over years resulting in thousands of unpaid hours. 2,465 current and former employees will be eligible for a pro-rated amount of the settlement, based on the length of their employment, and a portion of the settlement is set aside for legal fees.