You Manage It! 4: Emerging Trends More Suits for Overtime Pay
Alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are on the increase. For instance, in a recent year:
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▪ More than 31,000 complaints were registered against employers.
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▪ More than 342,000 employees received back wages.
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▪ Back wages (not including penalties) totaled more than $200 million.
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▪ More than 70 percent of the violations were initiated by an employee complaint.
Another report notes the following recent cases and settlements where the company allegedly misclassified some employees as exempt so it would not have to pay them overtime:
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▪ Caribou Coffee agreed ...
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