Call Center Employees Represented by Nichols Kaster & Anderson File Unpaid Wage and Overtime Lawsuit Against Wisconsin Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Midwest

Call center employees represented by the law firm of Nichols Kaster & Anderson, PLLP have brought a putative collective action for unpaid wages and overtime against Wisconsin Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Midwest. The suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on March 31, 2008. Plaintiffs allege that Wisconsin Bell violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act by refusing to compensate call center employees for all of their time worked. The suit was started by a current call center employee, Jennifer Adair, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated. Specifically, Ms. Adair alleges that she and other call center employees were denied pay for time worked when they were not logged into Wisconsin Bell's phone system. A large portion of this time was spent booting up computers, logging into computer systems and performing customer callbacks.

Plaintiffs' attorney David Schlesinger said, "It appears that Wisconsin Bell only pays its call center employees for work performed while they are logged into their phones. These employees should also be paid for time spent logging into and out of the various databases they use to do their jobs, and for performing other work outside of the time they are logged into the phone system. Since employees perform these tasks daily, this time adds up."

Plaintiffs are represented by Michele R. Fisher and David E. Schlesinger from Nichols Kaster & Anderson, PLLP, which has offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota and San Francisco, California. The case is entitled Adair v. Wisconsin Bell Telephone Company, Inc., 08-C280, E.D. Wisconsin.

Individuals may find information about joining this action at www.overtimecases.com or by calling (877) 448-0492.

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Contact: David E. Schlesinger Nichols Kaster & Anderson, PLLP 612-256-3277