Facebook faces a class action lawsuit involving overtime work. A former client solutions manager (CSM) at the social media giant filed the lawsuit, which states that the company misclassified some employees as ineligible for overtime pay.
2. Facebook faces a class action lawsuit involving overtime work. A former client solutions
manager (CSM) at the social media giant filed the lawsuit, which states that the company
misclassified some employees as ineligible for overtime pay.
The U.S. district court where the former CSM filed the lawsuit has yet to approve it.
Nevertheless, the case classifies as a class action lawsuit because of the possible number
of people it involves.
Understanding the Class Action Lawsuit Process
A class action lawsuit is advisable when a certain incident, mistreatment, or civil wrong
affects multiple people simultaneously. The lawsuit is one in whicha group of people
suffered from injuries or endured mistreatment from the same source; these people may
collectively sue the defendant as a class.
Class action lawsuits often come to light when individual lawsuits are impractical or close
to impossible. As such, a group comes together to put together their claims and evidence
for a single legal case under a class representative.
3. Typical lawsuits already involve extensive research, but class action lawsuits require more
detailed research. This is because the latter involves multiple individuals, with more
claims and evidence to study.
In the case between Facebook and a former CSM, the social media giant apparently
engaged in a company-wide wrongful classification of employees without managerial
duties. The wrongful classification deprives these employees of the right to additional pay
for hours they put into work beyond the stated 40 hours per week.
Shedding the Light on Facebook’s Misclassification of Employees
The former CSM who filed the lawsuit against Facebook says that the company routinely
and knowingly misclassifies employees so that overtime compensation is no longer
necessary. The lawsuit claims that CSMs have additional non-exempt duties that make
them work over 40 hours a week, but that they do not have overtime pay.
4. This is apparently the case for approximately 200 employees in the company. That said,
the class action lawsuit demands compensatory damages including interest. It also
demands legal fees.
Facebook has previously faced legal complaints from employees but, according to a
representative, this lawsuit has no valid basis. The company will defend itself vigorously.
Sources:
http://www.ladrmediation.com
http://litigation.findlaw.com/legal-system/class-action-cases.html
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