MILWAUKEE — A quality assurance worker for Verona, Wisconsin-based Epic Systems recent hit her employer with an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit alleging that the company intentionally misclassified her and other workers as overtime exempt.
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MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin-based Ministry Health Care faces an unpaid overtime lawsuit from employees alleging their employer forced them to work during lunch breaks, stay nearby the hospital on call while off the clock and perform work without pay. It marks the third such overtime wage lawsuit the healthcare provider has been slapped with in just […]
GREEN BAY, Wisc. — El Azteca restaurants in Wisconsin are facing a wage and overtime pay lawsuit in federal court. Four restaurants in the Fox Valley have been sued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The DOL is seeking back wages and damages for more than […]
MADISON, Wisc. — Early in February 2015, technical writers for Epic Systems brought two proposed class action overtime pay lawsuits against the company in Wisconsin federal court. The two lawsuits against the medical software maker are nearly identical. Both lawsuits allege the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) when it misclassified the technical […]