Facebook Overtime Class Action Lawsuit Alleges FLSA Violations

A former employee of social media giant Facebook has recently come forward with wage and hour allegations in a Facebook overtime class action lawsuit.

The plaintiff, Susie B., filed her Facebook overtime class action lawsuit on Oct. 27. The lawsuit alleges that Facebook had a policy of “systematic, companywide wrongful classification” of some of its workers, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as well as state minimum wage laws.

The workers involved in the misclassification suit are client solutions managers, customer solutions managers, and account managers. Susie alleges these managers often had to work overtime hours without appropriate compensation.

Susie says she worked as a client solution manager from May 2013 until March 2017 at the Facebook office in Chicago. She alleges she and others in her position were considered managers and therefore exempt from overtime benefits, but that they actually performed mostly non-managerial work and therefore should not have been considered exempt.

For instance, employees in these positions were allegedly tasked with duties that did not require independent decision making on important matters, Susie claims.

According to the Facebook overtime class action lawsuit, this policy of widespread misclassification led to many employees like Susie being denied proper overtime payment for their work, in an attempt by the company to avoid these labor costs.

“CSMs were uniformly subject to defendant’s employment policies and practices and were victims of defendant’s scheme to deprive them of overtime compensation,” according to the complaint.

Wage and Hour Regulations

There are a series of both federal and state wage and hour laws put in place to protect workers and ensure they are treated fairly. However, many workers across the country do not know the protections that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) offers, which can lead to employers taking advantage of them, in some cases requiring unpaid overtime work despite the illegality of doing so.

Some workers may find themselves unable to file wage and hour complaints like this unpaid overtime lawsuit because they are not aware of FLSA rules. Other workers may be afraid that their employers will retaliate or even fire them if they speak up about these kinds of FLSA violations. However, to protect workers who help to enforce FLSA rules, laws also exist to protect workers from retaliation based on wage and hour complaints.

Filing an Unpaid Overtime Lawsuit

Wage and hour claims like this Facebook overtime class action lawsuit seek compensation for workers who were allegedly stiffed on wages or denied proper employee benefits.

If you have worked for an employer that may have failed to follow the Fair Labor Standards Act or state labor laws, such as overtime wage requirements or proper employee classification, you may be able to either join a wage and hour class action lawsuit or file a suit of your own.

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