A recent employee lawsuit involving Comcast workers highlights the need for employers to keep their handbooks and payroll policies up to date, according to Kaitlyn Jakubowski of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, who recently wrote an article for Lexology. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently upheld the employees' rights to proceed with a  case as the handbook was more of an agreement than a binding contract.

The employees claimed Comcast did not pay them wages they were owed for time and attendance before the actual start of shifts as well as work completed after scheduled work time and during meal breaks, the source adds. Additionally, the workers allege they did not receive the overtime they had rightfully earned.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to pay all non-exempt employees at least time-and-a-half their regularly hourly wage if they work more than 40 hours in a single week. While some payroll practices can vary between companies, such as holiday pay or double-time for work on weekends, overtime rights cannot be bargained away.

If companies' handbooks and policies are out of date or do not accurately reflect employees' responsibilities, they could run into issues with the Department of Labor should they be investigated for FLSA violations. 

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