Monday, June 29, 2009
$200 Million Wage-and-Hour Suit Filed Against Northwestern Mutual
Three financial representatives who worked for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. have filed a $200 million lawsuit against the company for failing to pay them overtime wages under California and federal law.
The suit was filed on Thursday in federal court in San Diego on behalf of all sales and financial representatives at Northwestern Mutual who allegedly were denied overtime compensation. Lint v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., No. 09-cv-1373 (S.D. Calif.).
"They've got a system of white-collar peonage here. The class members are tightly controlled. They work huge hours and they earn very little money, ridiculously low sums," said Jeremy Heisler, a partner at Washington, D.C.-based Sanford Wittels & Heisler...
Law.com: $200 Million Wage-and-Hour Suit Filed Against Northwestern Mutual
The suit was filed on Thursday in federal court in San Diego on behalf of all sales and financial representatives at Northwestern Mutual who allegedly were denied overtime compensation. Lint v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., No. 09-cv-1373 (S.D. Calif.).
"They've got a system of white-collar peonage here. The class members are tightly controlled. They work huge hours and they earn very little money, ridiculously low sums," said Jeremy Heisler, a partner at Washington, D.C.-based Sanford Wittels & Heisler...
Law.com: $200 Million Wage-and-Hour Suit Filed Against Northwestern Mutual
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