I worked for 5 years for the same company. During this time I worked overtime, but I was compensated for business generated.
Recently, I received a notice of a class action. For not being paid overtime for 5 years, I was offered a total of $300 in the settlement. The legal fees payable to the attorney were over $130,000.
I don’t care what anyone says. This is outright legal extortion on the backs of working people. This is casa nostra. Where are the state attorneys general now? They go after the working people trying to make a living, yet the lawyers have free reign.
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Meredith Williams said on July 6, 2010 at 1:45 pm #
It really is sad! I have seen so many cases like this. It’s especially sad when companies are laying off good employees, while spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend and settle lawsuits with no merit!