SuperMedia sued for overtime back pay
Dallas, Texas-based SuperMedia, which sells print and online advertising to small and medium-sized businesses, recently became the subject of a time and attendance-related class action law suit involving hundreds of its sales employees.
The company allegedly failed to include commissions in its calculations of the overtime pay accrued by its sales employees over the past three years - a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires that employees' base salary and commissions be included in the overtime determination process.
Because of the number of employees and the length of time involved, the amount of overtime compensation denied to workers by the company is estimated to be worth millions.
"SuperMedia has been successful because of its sales employees and should pay these workers the federally required wages they are due," said Allen Vaught, head of FLSA litigation at Baron & Budd, the firm handling the law suit.
In another recent million-dollar law suit, California-based Farmers Insurance recently agreed to pay more than $1.5 million in overtime back wages to nearly 3,500 of its customer service call center employees after it was found to have violated federal overtime and record-keeping provisions.
The company allegedly failed to include commissions in its calculations of the overtime pay accrued by its sales employees over the past three years - a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires that employees' base salary and commissions be included in the overtime determination process.
Because of the number of employees and the length of time involved, the amount of overtime compensation denied to workers by the company is estimated to be worth millions.
"SuperMedia has been successful because of its sales employees and should pay these workers the federally required wages they are due," said Allen Vaught, head of FLSA litigation at Baron & Budd, the firm handling the law suit.
In another recent million-dollar law suit, California-based Farmers Insurance recently agreed to pay more than $1.5 million in overtime back wages to nearly 3,500 of its customer service call center employees after it was found to have violated federal overtime and record-keeping provisions.
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