Wells Fargo IT Worker Overtime Pay Class Action Lawsuit
Introduction
On May 28, 2008, information technology (IT) support workers of Wells Fargo & Co. filed a class action seeking overtime pay. This class action lawsuit, Lewis v. Wells Fargo & Co., was filed in federal court in San Francisco.
Plaintiffs' Allegations
The Plaintiffs are current and former technical support workers within and outside the Wells Fargo Technology Infrastructure Group (TIG). Their primary duties are installing, maintaining, and/or supporting computer software and/or hardware. The plaintiffs include Network Engineers, but not PC/LAN Engineers.
The Plaintiffs allege that Wells Fargo's decision to classify them as exempt and not pay them for all hours worked violates federal and state law.
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Damages Sought
The proposed class likely includes at least several hundred members. Damages for the class could equal millions or tens of millions of dollars.
About Lieff Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is a 50-plus attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. Our firm is committed to protecting the rights of employees nationwide to equitable treatment and fair wages. Lieff Cabraser employment attorneys have represented thousands of employees seeking to vindicate their rights in cases involving gender and race discrimination, overtime pay and wage and hour violations, and the mishandling of funds in pension and 401k plans.
Lieff Cabraser has obtained lost wages and benefits for employees in overtime pay lawsuits, including under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws. In recent years, our firm, along with co-counsel, has represented technical support workers seeking to recover overtime pay in similar class action cases. Such cases have resulted in settlements for the technical support workers, including: $24 million for IT workers at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in 2005, $12.8 million for BSCs at Wells Fargo in 2007, $65 million for IT workers at IBM in 2007, and $7.7 million for IT workers at Cadence in 2008. Our firm also represents IT support workers in an overtime class action against JP Morgan Chase.
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