New York City Employment Law News
Class Action
HSBC OVERTIME LAWSUIT
May 14
Fitapelli & Schaffer and Outten & Golden have filed a class and collective action lawsuit pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law against HSBC, alleging failure to pay overtime to Premier Relationship Managers, Personal Banking Officers, Business Banking Specialists and Small Business Specialists. The lawsuit alleges that these salaried employees were incorrectly classified as exempt. We believe these employees are non-exempt because their job duties do not fall within the administrative exemption. For example, their primary duties do not involve the exercise of discretion and independent judgment regarding matters of significance. Rather, their primary duties include: selling financial products, opening accounts, soliciting new customers and customer service. Current or former HSBC employees should contact us as soon as possible, in order to join the case.
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BOSTON MARKET SETTLEMENT
Apr 23
Boston Market has agreed to settle an overtime claim for $3 million. The claim was brought on behalf of assistant managers who alleged they were wrongfully misclassified as exempt from the overtime laws. The settlement covers a nation-wide collective action pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act and class actions pursuant to New York and Connecticut law. Many cases involving assistant managers are fact specific, and turn on whether the employees performed menial tasks for a majority of their workday, including acting as cashier, and stock person. As a result, many of these assistant manager overtime cases tend to settle, as the company would have to spend an exorbitant amount of money in legal fees to defend the claim. If you are an assistant manager working overtime, call our firm for a free consultation.
| Print article | This entry was posted by bschaffer on April 23, 2012 at 3:48 pm, and is filed under Class Action, Employment Law, FLSA, NY Labor Law, Overtime, Unpaid Wages. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site. |
