Kforce Shortchanged Recruiters on Overtime Pay, Lawsuit Says (1)

Staffing company Kforce Inc. is facing accusations that it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by cheating recruiters across the country out of overtime wages in a lawsuit recently filed in a federal court in Florida.

Sam Whiteman, who worked out of a Kforce office in Overland Park, Kan., alleges he and other salaried recruiters were improperly classified as exempt from overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 per week.

Whiteman seeks to represent other recruiters, along with other employees who have the same primary job duties, employed by Kforce in more than 30 states and the District ...