First Level managers of AT & T had their class action for unpaid overtime compensation move forward as a federal district court in Georgia officially certified the case as a class action. The managers claim that they were misclassified as exempt from overtime in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The ruling applies to First Levels that worked for AT & T in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, Louisiana, South Carolina and Kentucky.
Source: Birmingham Business News
Misclassification of employees as exempt from overtime is a common violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and Kentucky's wages and overtime law; such violations have produced numerous prior suits: Cable Installer Claims Was Misclassified as Independent Contractor Sues for Overtime, Misclassified Tech Workers Settle Overtime Suit for $1.45 Million, Store Managers at Harbor Freight Sue for Unpaid Overtime are only a few examples.
Lexington, Kentucky overtime lawyer Robert Abell represents employees misclassified as exempt from overtime to recover the wages and overtime they have earned; contact him at 859-254-7076.
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