Dell Inc Faces Class Action Lawsuit
The global computer maker Dell Inc. faces the class action lawsuit for allegedly underpaying its 5,000 call center employees. The lawsuit charges that call center employees owed at least $5 million.
The class action charges that computer maker did not maintain the accurate payroll records and denied wages and overtime pay to sales representatives working at its call centers. Dell’s time keeping system does not accurately record the hours worked by call center sales reps, and that the workers are not allowed to correct their records. Thus the lawsuit accuses the company of violating the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The suit also charges that the record keeping system automatically deducts an hour for the workers’ lunch break even if they do not take a full hour. Workers allege that Dell has known about the problem but have failed to correct it.
The lawsuit was first filed by the two employees of the company in the Eugene, Ore. in February 2007. However, the lawsuit was given the class action status.
Dell on the other side, denies all such allegations.
Source: computer world
Filed under Class Action, General Law
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