Overtime Lawsuits: How to Prevent Them

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Many workers today are aware of their rights to get all of their pay, since the Department of Labor provides Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) promotional items to employers. Some workers start overtime lawsuits because they may feel their old job owes them extra pay after they end their employment. According to ADP, out of all state and federal court employment class action lawsuits, 90% are hour and wage claims. Learn more by reading our blog: http://bit.ly/1ly1aLC

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By SWIFTTECH SOLUTIONS

Overtime Lawsuits

PREVENT How to

overtime lawsuits

1 2 3 Examples Vulnerability Defenses

1

Examples of

Overtime Lawsuits

a lawsuit Some workers will open

because they may feel their old job

owes them extra pay.

Farmers Insurance Exchange was ordered to pay

$90 million for not paying

workers for long hours.

A lawsuit is in motion against HP

for not classifying their

technicians as exempt from overtime.

A police officer sued the city for overtime pay.

He had to check emails and answer

calls from bosses while off duty.

These lawsuits are common.

2 How your company is

Vulnerable

There are ways to know if

your company is at risk.

Automatically deducting time for meals

Incorrectly labeling

employees as exempt

Using inaccurate time

tracking processes

Protect your company.

3 Options for

Defense

The best defense is solid, time-tracked data.

Switch to an electronic time keeping solution

Digitize employee communication tasks

Keep company handbooks up to date

Prevent overtime lawsuits.

CALL SWIFTTECH TODAY FOR YOUR FREE CONSULTATION

SWIFTTECH SOLUTIONS

WWW.SWIFTTECHSOLUTIONS.COM 877-794-3811

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