GREEN BAY, WI–( EMWNews – April 2, 2008) – Call

center employees represented by the law firm of Nichols Kaster &

Anderson, PLLP have brought a putative collective action for unpaid wages and overtime against

Wisconsin Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Midwest. The suit was filed in

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on

March 31, 2008. Plaintiffs allege that Wisconsin Bell violated the federal

Fair Labor Standards Act by refusing to compensate call center employees

for all of their time worked. The suit was started by a current call

center employee, Jennifer Adair, on behalf of herself and others similarly

situated. Specifically, Ms. Adair alleges that she and other call center

employees were denied pay for time worked when they were not logged into

Wisconsin Bell’s phone system. A large portion of this time was spent

booting up computers, logging into computer systems and performing customer

callbacks.

Plaintiffs’ attorney David Schlesinger said, “It appears that Wisconsin

Bell only pays its call center employees for work performed while they are

logged into their phones. These employees should also be paid for time

spent logging into and out of the various databases they use to do their

jobs, and for performing other work outside of the time they are logged

into the phone system. Since employees perform these tasks daily, this

time adds up.”

Plaintiffs are represented by Michele R. Fisher and David E. Schlesinger

from Nichols Kaster & Anderson, PLLP, which has offices in Minneapolis,

Minnesota and San Francisco, California. The case is entitled Adair v.

Wisconsin Bell Telephone Company, Inc., 08-C280, E.D. Wisconsin.

Individuals may find information about joining this action at

www.overtimecases.com or by calling (877) 448-0492.