May 20, 2026
A New York federal judge tossed a proposed class action accusing Japanese retailer Muji of illegally paying retail workers on a biweekly basis, finding that the suit failed to state a federal wage claim and that the court lacked jurisdiction over a state law claim.
December 15, 2025
An employee for Japanese retailer Muji urged a New York federal court not to throw out her proposed class and collective wage action, saying that paying manual workers biweekly instead of weekly violates state law and federal wage requirements that workers be paid promptly.
April 30, 2025
Japanese retailers Muji and Uniqlo illegally paid employees biweekly despite the New York Labor Law requiring that manual workers be paid at the end of each workweek, according to two proposed class and collective actions filed separately against the companies in federal court.