Examples of Companies Sued For Failing to Pay Overtime to Computer and/or High Tech Employees

Electronic Arts-
Class action lawsuit by programmers and game development engineers; the company decided earlier this year to reclassify some of its employees as hourly workers eligible for overtime pay

Vivendi Universal Games-
Lawsuit by programmers under California overtime law

Sony Computer Entertainment America-
Class action lawsuit representing employees including “animators,” “modelers,” “texture artists,” “computer graphics artists,” “lighters,” “visiual effects artists,” “environmental artists,” and other types of employees performing similar functions

Computer Sciences Corp.-
Agreed to $24 million settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by technical support workers who claimed they were improperly denied overtime pay

Priceline.com Inc.-
Lawsuit by computer technician under Fair Labor Standards Act for overtime violations

Other similar lawsuits have been brought and privately settled early in the process

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