On August 18, 2006, the Getman Law Office filed a collective action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York to recover unpaid overtime to certain employees of Homier Di
November 2, 2006 (Press Release) --
PRESS RELEASE
November 2, 2006
On August 18, 2006, the Getman Law Office filed a collective action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York to recover unpaid overtime to certain employees of Homier Distributing Co, Inc.. The workers on whose behalf the case is filed are “sales partners”. The employees work 6 days a week for 15 or more hours per day and are paid a low salary. The case charges that the workers are not paid overtime at the rate of time and one-half as required by law. Plaintiffs seek unpaid overtime wages and “liquidated” or double damages as allowed under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §201 et seq. The suit potentially covers 2,000 or more employees. The federal overtime law is a “new deal” piece of legislation designed to ensure reasonable hours of work and reasonable pay for that work for all U.S. workers.
“The practice of not paying time and one half overtime is unfortunately common, but it is generally illegal unless there is a specific exemption stated in the overtime law” said Dan Getman, lawyer for the plaintiffs. “Once again companies are seeing profits at the expense of the employees. The corporations and the owners benefit while the wages of the people doing the real work remain stagnant. Part of the reason U.S. workers’ wages have not risen is that many workers are entitled to overtime, but aren’t being paid at the proper time and one half rate as required by law,” said Getman. The federal overtime law (the Fair Labor Standards Act) provides for a remedy of double the amount of unpaid wages as well as costs and attorneys’ fees assessed against the losing defendant.
The suit is named Grant v. Homier Distributing Company, Inc.. The case will be heard by the Hon. Raymond J. Dearie of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, NY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: contact Dan Getman, Getman Law Office, 9 Paradies Lane, New Paltz, NY 12561, telephone (845) 255-9370; fax (845) 255-8649
website: http://www.getmanlaw.com
November 2, 2006
On August 18, 2006, the Getman Law Office filed a collective action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York to recover unpaid overtime to certain employees of Homier Distributing Co, Inc.. The workers on whose behalf the case is filed are “sales partners”. The employees work 6 days a week for 15 or more hours per day and are paid a low salary. The case charges that the workers are not paid overtime at the rate of time and one-half as required by law. Plaintiffs seek unpaid overtime wages and “liquidated” or double damages as allowed under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §201 et seq. The suit potentially covers 2,000 or more employees. The federal overtime law is a “new deal” piece of legislation designed to ensure reasonable hours of work and reasonable pay for that work for all U.S. workers.
“The practice of not paying time and one half overtime is unfortunately common, but it is generally illegal unless there is a specific exemption stated in the overtime law” said Dan Getman, lawyer for the plaintiffs. “Once again companies are seeing profits at the expense of the employees. The corporations and the owners benefit while the wages of the people doing the real work remain stagnant. Part of the reason U.S. workers’ wages have not risen is that many workers are entitled to overtime, but aren’t being paid at the proper time and one half rate as required by law,” said Getman. The federal overtime law (the Fair Labor Standards Act) provides for a remedy of double the amount of unpaid wages as well as costs and attorneys’ fees assessed against the losing defendant.
The suit is named Grant v. Homier Distributing Company, Inc.. The case will be heard by the Hon. Raymond J. Dearie of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, NY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: contact Dan Getman, Getman Law Office, 9 Paradies Lane, New Paltz, NY 12561, telephone (845) 255-9370; fax (845) 255-8649
website: http://www.getmanlaw.com
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