Here’s a class action lawsuit against Comcast that is alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and state labor codes.
The complaint accuses Comcast of intentionally misclassifying its workers as independent subcontractors instead of employees in order to avoid paying them overtime as a way to enhance the company’s profits and minimize its manual labor costs. Hmmm…not cool
Law360, New York (August 29, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT) — Cable technicians for telecommunications giant Comcast Corp. have filed a putative class action against their employer, alleging that the company misclassified them as independent workers in order to avoid paying them overtime wages and claiming that such labor law violations have run rampant on the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina.
The suit was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on behalf of a potential national class and state classes for Maryland and New Mexico, alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and state labor codes.The complaint accuses Comcast of intentionally misclassifying its workers as independent subcontractors instead of employees in order to avoid paying them overtime as a way to enhance the company’s profits and minimize its manual labor costs.
Plaintiffs routinely work over 10 hours a day, seven days per week, and are not properly compensated for the extra hours, the suit alleges….