Three of 'Big Four' accounting firms face overtime lawsuits
KPMG, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers are three of the "Big Four" international professional services firms, along with Ernst & Young. As of this month, they also have something else in common - they have all been sued for alleged time and attendance violations by New York-based law firm Outten & Golden, Accounting Today reports.
A recent lawsuit alleges that KPMG misclassified some of its workers as exempt from overtime provisions set by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the New York Labor Law. According to a statement released by Outten & Golden, KPMG employees from Florida, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Washington have joined the case since a New York federal court conditionally certified a national collective action lawsuit against the company.
A collective action was also recently certified in a similar case against Deloitte, and there are currently also two cases involving compensation for employee attendance that were levied against PwC. A motion was granted for one in California in 2010, while a New York case is still in its early stages, the news source reports.
A recent lawsuit alleges that KPMG misclassified some of its workers as exempt from overtime provisions set by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the New York Labor Law. According to a statement released by Outten & Golden, KPMG employees from Florida, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Washington have joined the case since a New York federal court conditionally certified a national collective action lawsuit against the company.
A collective action was also recently certified in a similar case against Deloitte, and there are currently also two cases involving compensation for employee attendance that were levied against PwC. A motion was granted for one in California in 2010, while a New York case is still in its early stages, the news source reports.
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