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Nurses\u00a0for\u00a0Humana,\u00a0one of the nation\u2019s largest publicly-traded health and supplemental benefits companies,\u00a0will\u00a0soon receive\u00a0millions in unpaid\u00a0wages<\/a>.\u00a0A collective\u00a0action lawsuit filed back in 2017 accused the health provider of wrongfully classifying\u00a0a group of nurses as exempt from receiving overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d).\u00a0All clinical nurse advisors or those in similarly situated\u00a0positions\u00a0such as\u00a0Clinical Intake, Clinical Claims Review, Clinical Claims Review,\u00a0DME, Acute Case Managers, Market Clinical, and\u00a0Senior Products utilization management nurses\u00a0that worked for Humana\u00a0at any time within the three years prior to June 14, 2018\u00a0will be able to benefit from the $11.2 million settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nurses that primarily performed utilization management functions for the health provider alleged that they should have been paid hourly and overtime when working over 40 hours per week. Under the FLSA, their main job functionwas to collect and review medical information against company guidelines, typically completed out of call centers or hospitals, which would qualify them for overtime.Instead, they claimed Humana incorrectly classified them as exempt from this pay benefit even though they consistently worked way over to 40 hours per week to complete their workload. This misclassification was evident enough that in 2018, nearly a year after the lawsuit, Humana reclassified all of the affected employees as hourly workers eligible for overtime pay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0settlement\u00a0result in this case\u00a0is excellent with over200\u00a0eligible\u00a0nurses receiving\u00a0an average of $36,000\u00a0each.\u00a0It is also a great\u00a0reminder that\u00a0despite\u00a0having an\u00a0established set\u00a0salary for all your work\u00a0examining\u00a0whether or not your job responsibilities qualify you to receive overtime pay\u00a0is extremely important. However, since this is not always straightforward, speaking to an employment attorney may be helpful in determining if you have any wage claims.\u00a0Our firm, Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP, offers a free and confidential consultation at (212) 300-0375. You can also visit our website here<\/a> for additional helpful information regarding your rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nNurses\u00a0for\u00a0Humana,\u00a0one of the nation\u2019s largest publicly-traded health and supplemental benefits companies,\u00a0will\u00a0soon receive\u00a0millions in unpaid\u00a0wages.\u00a0A collective\u00a0action lawsuit filed back in 2017 accused the health provider of wrongfully classifying\u00a0a group of nurses as exempt from receiving overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d).\u00a0All clinical nurse advisors or those in similarly situated\u00a0positions\u00a0such as\u00a0Clinical Intake, Clinical Claims Review, Clinical Claims Review,\u00a0DME, Acute Case Managers, Market Clinical, and\u00a0Senior Products utilization management nurses\u00a0that worked for Humana\u00a0at any time within the three years prior …<\/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-3260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-law"],"yoast_head":"\nNurses to Receive\u00a0$11.2M To End Misclassification Suit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how nurses were able to recover over $11 million in unpaid wages. 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