HP SALESPEOPLE SUE OVER UN-PAID COMMISSIONS

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http://www.mercurynews.com/columns/ci_13016773?nclick_check=1
Hewlett-Packard salespeople sue over commissions
Hewlett-Packard
salespeople sue over commissions: Three former Hewlett-Packard
salespeople sued the printer maker alleging they were denied tens of
thousands of dollars in commissions because of a malfunction in the
company’s order-management system.

As many as 50,000 current and
former salespeople haven’t received commissions and bonuses because of
problems with the software system that tracks sales, called Omega,
according to a lawsuit filed Thursday federal court in San Francisco.

Hewlett-Packard,
the world’s largest maker of personal computers and printers, said Aug.
5 that about 2,000 members of its global sales team of 23,000 were
affected by the Omega glitch. The company was working to fix the
problem, spokeswoman Gina Giamanco said then.

“HP believes the
lawsuit filed by a handful of former employees in connection with the
Omega-related claim substantially exaggerates the scope of the
previously acknowledged issue,” the company said today in an e-mailed
statement. “We intend to defend this vigorously in court.”

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August 11, 2009 at 12:38 PM