Boston Market has agreed to settle an overtime claim for $3 million.\u00a0 The claim was brought on behalf of assistant managers who alleged they were wrongfully misclassified as exempt from the overtime laws.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 If you are an assistant manager working overtime, call our firm for a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boston Market has agreed to settle an overtime claim for $3 million.\u00a0 The claim was brought on behalf of assistant managers who alleged they were wrongfully misclassified as exempt from the overtime laws.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Many cases involving assistant managers are fact specific, and turn on whether the employees performed menial tasks for a majority of their workday, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23,1,22,27,21,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-action","category-employment-law","category-flsa-2","category-ny-labor-law","category-overtime-2","category-unpaid-wages-2"],"yoast_head":"\n