Oracle Overtime Lawsuit Revived
Earlier this week the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals revived the Oracle overtime lawsuit, ruling in favor of a group of Oracle employees and finding that the company may be liable for unpaid wages. At issue, whether Oracle must pay out-of-state computer trainers for overtime work performed in California.
In Sullivan et al v. Oracle Corp., a group of employees filed a class-action overtime lawsuit based on alleged overtime pay violations. The workers, Donald Sullivan, Deanna Evich and Richard Burkow, were hired to teach customers how to use Oracle’s products. The teachers lived in Arizona and Colorado but performed work in California. Although they put in overtime hours, the employees were not paid overtime compensation.
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides that all non-exempt workers are entitled to be paid overtime wages for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in one workweek. Typically, workers are paid at one and one-half times their regular rate of pay. Similarly, under California overtime law employees entitled to receive overtime pay for working more than 40 hours in a week or more than 8 hours in a day.
If you have questions concerning whether you are entitled to overtime compensation, or believe that you have been denied all the overtime pay you are entitled to, it is important to speak to an experienced wage and hour lawyer.
The lower court determined that the employees were not entitled to overtime pay. In June, the Supreme Court provided crucial advice on this issue, determining that California Labor Code Sections regarding overtime, similar to those contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applied to nonresident employees who work in the state.
The recent ruling applied the supreme court’s rationale finding that “if you’re a business in California, you … have to comply with California’s overtime laws…You can’t treat people differently because they live in a different state,” notes a representative of the workers.
For more information about overtime laws or if you believe your employer has not paid you all the overtime pay you are entitled to, contact the dedicated Georgia overtime wage lawyers at Buckley & Klein, P.C. for an immediate, confidential consultation.
