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<p><font size=”5″><strong>HP Sued By Tech Support Workers Denied Overtime Pay </strong></font></p>
<p><font size=”4″> <a href=”http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/hp” class=”hidden_link”>HP</a> has got a new lawsuit on its hands: <a href=”http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nationwide-overtime-pay-class-action-lawsuit-for-hp-technical-workers-filed-today-class-counsel-announce-2013-01-10″>a class-action suit by its tech support employees</a> who allege they were denied overtime pay.</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>Plaintiff Eric Benedict alleges that these workers were misclassified so that they wouldn’t qualify for extra pay. Many of them worked at companies that HP acquired, according to Benedict’s lawyers, such as Autonomy, <a href=”http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/palm-inc” class=”hidden_link”>Palm</a>, Electronic Data Systems, 3Com, ArcSight, and <a href=”http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/3par” class=”hidden_link”>3PAR</a>.</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>HP told us, “We’re reviewing the complaint but have no further comment at this time.”</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>The law firm for this case, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, made a name for itself in 2006 with a similar lawsuit against <a href=”http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ibm” class=”hidden_link”>IBM</a>. <a href=”http://lieffcabraser.com/news/437/ibm-settles-overtime-lawsuit-for-65m”>IBM agreed to settle that suit for $65 million</a>.</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″><strong>Don’t miss: <a href=”http://www.businessinsider.com/hp-and-its-execs-have-been-slammed-with-10-lawsuits-over-the-autonomy-debacle-2012-12″>HP Has Been Slammed With 10 Lawsuits Over The Autonomy Debacle</a></strong></font></p>
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