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Misclassified independent contractors for\u00a0a\u00a0Utah\u00a0alcohol\u00a0control agency have\u00a0alleged<\/a> they are owed significant wages. In a recently filed collective\u00a0action lawsuit, these workers claimed that\u00a0the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control\u00a0failed to correctly compensate them for overtime hours worked.\u00a0The collectiveaction lawsuit\u00a0was\u00a0filed\u00a0by 13 former and current\u00a0workers\u00a0in federal court\u00a0and\u00a0is seeking $8 million in damages\u00a0under the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the filed complaint, these workers or package agents should have been considered employees of the company but were instead misclassified independent contractors. The agency holds an extensive amount of control over these workers which under the FLSA would also require them to be paidhourly and for overtime when working over 40 hours per work week as well as benefits. For example, the department fully dictated their schedules, set forth their work duties and guidelines, and set prices for the liquor they sold. The extent of control that the agency had over the package agents should havegiven them employee status with right to overtime pay. The package agents attest they consistently worked over 40 hours per week and seek to represent all current and former package agents who were not paid one and a half their regular rates of pay for their overtime in the past three years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Misclassified independent contractors\u00a0are\u00a0unfortunately a\u00a0common\u00a0violation in numerous industries. If you\u2019re an independent contractor and have\u00a0been told you aren\u2019t entitled toovertime or benefits, it is important you make sure\u00a0that the amount of control the company has on your day to day isn\u2019t enough to consider you an employee under\u00a0the FLSA.Companies have been known to take advantage of these worker classifications in order to save on\u00a0overtime costs as well as employee benefits. Our firm, Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP, offers a free and confidential consultation to\u00a0better understand if you may be in a misclassified position and owed potential\u00a0wages. You can reach us at (212)300-0375 or you can visit our website\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for additional helpful information regarding your rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nMisclassified independent contractors for\u00a0a\u00a0Utah\u00a0alcohol\u00a0control agency have\u00a0alleged they are owed significant wages. In a recently filed collective\u00a0action lawsuit, these workers claimed that\u00a0the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control\u00a0failed to correctly compensate them for overtime hours worked.\u00a0The collectiveaction lawsuit\u00a0was\u00a0filed\u00a0by 13 former and current\u00a0workers\u00a0in federal court\u00a0and\u00a0is seeking $8 million in damages\u00a0under the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d).<\/p>\n

According to the filed complaint, these workers or package agents should have been considered employees of the company but were instead misclassified independent contractors. The agency holds an extensive amount …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-law"],"yoast_head":"\nMisclassified Independent Contractors Sue for\u00a0$8M\u00a0In Unpaid OT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how misclassified independent contractors are suing to recover $8 million in unpaid OT. 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