A collective action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida alleges that a prominent commercial roofing contractor systematically misclassified construction supervisors as exempt contractors to evade overtime obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The lead plaintiff contends employees regularly logged in excess of 60 hours per week across hurricane remediation projects without receiving the mandatory time-and-a-half premium.
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