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Albertson's has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by current and former truck drivers at its Irvine and Brea distribution centers. The plaintiffs claimed that Albertson’s call-in scheduling policy, which required part-time drivers to report to work each evening by calling in to determine whether they were scheduled to work the following day, violated state law. The drivers also alleged Albertsons failed to pay them for pre-shift work, failed to compensate them for business expenses by capping expenses at $80 a day, failed to provide sick leave in accordance with local ordinances and failed to pay them for time spent in bag searches.