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Los Angeles Hilton under fire with Workers Unpaid Overtime suit

By Brian F. LaBovick, Esq.

pOn Tuesday of this week, 1500 current and employees of the Los Angeles Airport Hiltonnbsp;filed a lawsuit against theirnbsp;employer for unpaid overtime, violation of labor laws andnbsp;annbsp;excessive workload duenbsp;tonbsp;poornbsp;staffing.nbsp;nbsp;/p pAccording to an article in the a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hilton17-2008dec17,0,2090135.story"LA Times, /athenbsp;LAX Hilton Airport lawsuit is seeking class-action status fornbsp;thenbsp;Plaintiffs of current and former employees. The lawsuit wants tonbsp;requirenbsp;that employees are given breaks, back wages and penalties for the employer. In addition, the suit alleges that employees did not receive the proper overtime for extended hours and long weekends./p pThe a href="http://www.labusinessjournal.com/industry_article.asp?aID=17602234.4522211.1721681.3871533.7370809.660amp;aID2=132428amp;cID=4"Los Angeles Business Journal/a reported on an earlier ruling by thenbsp;National Labor Relations Boardnbsp;in favor of 77 workers.nbsp;The Judge rulednbsp;that the workersnbsp;were wrongfully suspended for engaging in a protected work stoppage related to organizing a campaign.nbsp;/p pIncreasingly, employees are standing up for their rights at corporations.nbsp; Even in tough economic times, companies do not have the right to deny workers overtime and violate labor laws.nbsp; In light of thenbsp;litigationnbsp;against well known firmsnbsp;Wal-mart,nbsp;Sprint, nbsp;EDS, Wellfargo, IBM,nbsp;Price Waterhousecoopers (PwC)nbsp; and many others,nbsp;companies shouldnbsp;think twice about denying employee overtime wages./p pClick a href="http://www.labovick.com/lawyer-attorney-1243477.html"here /ato read more on Overtime Wage and Hour Claims and Employee Rights, br / a href="http://www.labovick.com/lawyer-attorney-1243475.html"Fair Pay Fact Sheet/a, a href="http://www.labovick.com/lawyer-attorney-1348814.html"Unpaid Overtime Claims/a, a href="http://www.labovick.com/lawyer-attorney-1243477.html"Unpaid Overtime - FAQs/a./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InjuryLawBlog/~4/488113759" height="1" width="1"/

Full post as published by LaBovick Injury Law Blog on December 17, 2008 (boomark / email).