In a recent case, the employees of a class action lawsuit were awarded $12.3 million to settle their overtime claims.\u00a0 The employees worked as health care and staffing recruiters for Maxim Healthcare Services Inc., a national health care staffing company.\u00a0 The employees alleged that they worked in excess of 40 hours per workweek and were not paid any overtime wages as required under various State Labor Laws and the Federal Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d).\u00a0 The employees\u2019 job duties consisted of routine, administrative sales functions which were performed in accordance with corporate policies.\u00a0 Part of the employees\u2019 responsibilities was to recruit potential caregivers and present qualified candidates to clients.\u00a0 Many employers misclassify their employees as \u201cexempt\u201d, meaning that they do not qualify for overtime, to save on labor costs.\u00a0 However, this is in violation of the FLSA, as well as numerous State Labor Laws.\u00a0 For more information regarding employees that are entitled to overtime, please contact Fitapelli & Schaffer for a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a recent case, the employees of a class action lawsuit were awarded $12.3 million to settle their overtime claims.\u00a0 The employees worked as health care and staffing recruiters for Maxim Healthcare Services Inc., a national health care staffing company.\u00a0 The employees alleged that they worked in excess of 40 hours per workweek and were not paid any overtime wages as required under various State Labor Laws and the Federal Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d).\u00a0 The employees\u2019 job duties consisted of …<\/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":[23,1,22,21,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-action","category-employment-law","category-flsa-2","category-overtime-2","category-unpaid-wages-2"],"yoast_head":"\n