$4.9 Million for Hewitt Employees in Overtime Class Action Suit
Hewitt Associates, LLC (“Hewitt”) has agreed to pay $4.9 million to settle a class action suit for alleged violations of wage and hour laws. The complaint alleged that Hewitt refused to pay hourly employees overtime wages for hours worked in excess of eight hours per day and/or forty hours per week. The settlement agreement that was conditionally approved on December 8, 2008, resolves a number of pending actions in federal and state courts including: California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. A hearing on final settlement approval is scheduled at 3:00 pm on March 19, 2009.
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