By Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 07:06 BST, 29 June 2019 | Updated: 07:07 BST, 29 June 2019
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One year after the famous toy chain Toys 'R' Us closed, tens of thousands of staff who were laid off are to receive a portion of the severance money that was promised but then rescinded.
Workers at the company will be splitting $2 million between them. The sum is paltry compared to $56 million in fees awarded to Kirkland & Ellis, the law firm representing Toys 'R' Us.
A bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved the settlement to a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of 33,000 former Toys 'R' Us workers which will see each of them receive about $60.
33,000 Toys 'R' Us workers are set to receive a $2 million severance package
Each worker will get about $60, while the law firm is due to receive $56million in fees
'That'll pay my phone bill,' said Michelle Perez, who worked as a supervisor at
