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The number one class action lawsuit for several years running is
FLSA claims for overtime pay.
The lawsuits can be based on inaccurately recorded or calculated
work hours, work hours before "going on the clock" or
after one clocks out. Employees answering emails after work hours
and working at home are often issues. That the hours were not
authorized to be worked is not a defense, if the employer knew or
should have known the work was being performed. And then there is
the misclassification of workers as exempt employees, and the
leading problem is the misuse of the Administrative worker
exemption.
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