Are overtime cases being brought as class actions?

Absolutely. In fact, when considering that an entire category/class of employees may be affected by their misclassification as overtime exempt workers, these cases are often far more efficiently and economically prosecuted as class actions. Indeed, prosecuting these cases as class actions is frequently the only way that each worker within a company's job classification can recover the wages that he/she is rightfully due. Dozens of lawsuits claiming mis-classification of hourly workers as exempt/salaried employees are brought every month in this State, many of which seek Court approval of their class action status.
The better educated that workers become about their legal rights, the more attentive companies will become toward how they treat and compensate their employees. Our law firm's commitment to putting an end to these violations is the reason we offer the level of information that we do

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