School bus company settles overtime lawsuit with former Maryland employees

Source: Caryn Tamber, Daily Record, January 28, 2010

A school bus company has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a class-action overtime lawsuit by its former Maryland employees….

…C. Christopher Brown, who represents the class, said First Student was avoiding paying overtime by recording employees’ various duties separately. For example, if an employee spent 30 hours per week driving and 20 hours training other employees, that would not be entered into the books as a 50-hour workweek.

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