Call Center Employees Represented by Nichols Kaster & Anderson File Unpaid Wage and Overtime Lawsuit Against Wisconsin Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Midwest
2008-04-02 09:09:00
Call Center Employees Represented by Nichols Kaster & Anderson File Unpaid Wage and Overtime Lawsuit Against Wisconsin Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Midwest
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.
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