More than 600 former employees of InkStop Inc. may finally receive their last paychecks from the troubled retailer -- nearly six months after the ink-and-toner chain closed its doors and locked out all its workers.  The money to repay workers will come from a $660,000 fund created and paid for by the 15 people on the company's board of directors, including founders Dirk and Dawn Kettlewell.

The proposed settlement filed late Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, which still must be approved by Judge Solomon Oliver Jr., would end up paying most workers about 82 percent of what they are owed in wages and overtime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. In exchange for taking the payments, the 629 employees would drop the two lawsuits they had filed against the company's board seeking back wages and other damages. The settlement outlines how much each worker will get paid, up to a maximum of $4,920.50. Store managers can get an additional $169.34 to settle claims that they were asked to work unpaid overtime. (please click on link to read full story)