Experian IT Workers Win Initial Certification in Overtime Suit (1)

Experian IT workers subjected to an “on call, standby and call-back time policy” won conditional certification in federal court for their collective action seeking unpaid overtime wages.

Rickey Wesley, an IT employee with Experian Information Solutions Inc., won conditional certification June 25 for his Fair Labor Standards Act claims. Wesley alleged that he and other proposed members of the collective action “were victims of a similar plan under which they did not receive overtime compensation because Defendant had a policy of requiring Class Employees to perform ‘standby,’ ‘on call,’ and additional work for which they were not paid,” Judge Amos ...