An investigation seeks to uncover whether Barnes and Noble properly classified their Assistant Managers as exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Laws.\u00a0 By classifying their Assistant Managers as exempt, Barnes and Noble paid them a set salary regardless of the amount of hours they worked.\u00a0 However, it is alleged that Barnes and Noble misclassified their Assistant Managers as exempt since Assistant Managers performed the same work as the hourly employees.\u00a0 If the allegations are correct, Assistant Managers could be entitled to recover unpaid overtime pay for the hours they worked in excess of forty per workweek, as well as liquidated damages, interest, and attorneys\u2019 fees.\u00a0 Fitapelli & Schaffer have represented hundreds of employees with similar claims.\u00a0 If you work or have worked at Barnes and Noble as an Assistant Manager within the past 6 years, please contact the employment lawyers at Fitapelli & Schaffer to discuss your possible claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An investigation seeks to uncover whether Barnes and Noble properly classified their Assistant Managers as exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Laws.\u00a0 By classifying their Assistant Managers as exempt, Barnes and Noble paid them a set salary regardless of the amount of hours they worked.\u00a0 However, it is alleged that Barnes and Noble misclassified their Assistant Managers as exempt since Assistant Managers performed the same work as the hourly employees.\u00a0 …<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-action","category-employment-law","category-flsa-2","category-ny-labor-law","category-overtime-2"],"yoast_head":"\n