A judge has approved a $53.3 million deal that will pay thousands of Albertsons LLC employees who said the former Boise-based company didn't pay overtime and forced them to work off the clock.

U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill on Thursday approved the settlement that will pay an average of $7,000 to more that 7,000 employees.  Some will receive as much as $28,000.

Albertson's was sold in June to a consortium that include grocery-store chain Supervalu Inc., the nation's third-biggest supermarket chain based in Eden Prairie, Minn.  Supervalu also agreed to pay $.65 million in attorney's fees.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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