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Case ID: 2614 | Employment | 08/12/2003
On August 1, 2003, the court granted final approval to the parties' $1.8 million settlement in an action filed against accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers on behalf of recent college graduates who alleged they were recruited to work for the company with promises of signing bonuses that they never received, and were never even hired, defrauding them and violating the contracts they had made with the company in good faith. Persons who think they are eligible to take part in this settlement should contact the attorneys that represent the graduates as soon as possible.
The action alleged that recruiters working for PricewaterhouseCoopers and assigned to major colleges and universities in the eastern United States made written offers of employment to students slated to graduate in spring 2001. The company allegedly offered entry-level management consulting positions in East Coast offices at a starting annual salary of $52,000 or higher. Graduates who accepted the positions were to undergo an intensive training program. The action alleged that PricewaterhouseCoopers also offered $3,000 bonuses to those who accepted the job offers plus another $4,000 bonus for those who accepted before a deadline of a few weeks. The graduates alleged that after accepting the company's job offer, they stopped looking for other jobs, turned down job offers from other companies, and incurred expenses in preparing to begin work for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Some even allegedly moved to the cities where they expected to begin working. As the economy declined in 2001, the recruiters allegedly made repeated assurances to the graduates that the jobs were secure.
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