Overtime lawsuits starting to proliferate

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=f911bd547ebc60f2

Large U.S. employers are getting hit with state and federal lawsuits alleging they systematically failed to pay overtime.

Some of the suits are paying off. Earlier this month, Swiss financial giant UBS AG agreed to pay up to $89 million to settle several state and federal lawsuits filed by financial advisers who were improperly classified as exempt from overtime, the Washington Post said Tuesday.

Last fall, Allstate Corp. agreed to pay up to $120 million to nearly 3,000 claims adjusters in California

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I know another thing companies are getting hit with is not paying for lunch hours...

[rodeodance]

1. and guess what---productivity is up.

[salin]

2. When Bush pushed these rule changes

he used the most Orwellian language possible - this was to help more workers qualify for overtime pay - he said, even though the projected numbers appeared to suggest something else. Somehow this story is not surprising, but perhaps the lack of coverage and response to the issue is a bit surprising.