Nationwide IBM Tech Worker Overtime Pay Class Action

On July 12, 2007, U.S. District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton granted final approval to a $65 million settlement in an overtime pay class action lawsuit against IBM. The settlement constitutes one of the largest settlements ever in an overtime pay case involving the computer industry. Plaintiffs charged that IBM violated federal and state laws by improperly classifying certain current and former IBM technical services and IT specialists as exempt from overtime compensation. Under the terms of the settlement, each qualified individual will be entitled to apply for a payment, in accordance with an agreed formula.

The Claims Administrator sent a Court-approved notice of settlement and claim form to each class member on February 23, 2007. To read the notice, click here. The period during which class members can submit claims has ended.

Read the November 22, 2006 press release announcing the settlement in Rosenburg, et al. v. IBM, Case No. C-06-0430.

For more information about the settlement process, and to update your address, you may contact the Claims Administrator at 1-866-403-0689.

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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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