Mealey's ( October 31, 2022, 7:28 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal jury in Oregon issued a verdict for a class of fast-food workers bringing various wage claims, awarding the class more than $5.3 million on a claim of improper deductions of the Worker’s Benefit Fund (WBF) assessment and thousands in penalty wages for class members who received a late final paycheck after their restaurant was transferred to a franchise operator....