Friday, March 8, 2013

Contract Attorney Demands Overtime for ‘Menial’ Work

If you’re a lawyer hired to do menial work, you’re entitled to overtime.

That’s the claim made by the attorneys representing a New York contract attorney who alleges that a major business litigation firm and a temp agency violated federal labor laws when they failed to pay him overtime.

His lawyers filed a lawsuit seeking class action on Monday in federal court in Manhattan against Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP and Providus, a legal staffing and recruitment company. Mr. Henig, 34 years old, was paid by Providus $35 an hour to review documents for Quinn Emanuel last summer, his attorney, D. Maimon Kirschenbaum, told Law Blog. The lawsuit says he worked 57 to 60 hours a week on the six-week project. Mr. Kirschenbaum said his client, who was assisting with litigation involving. . . . .

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2013/03/05/contract-attorney-demands-overtime-for-menial-work/?mod=WSJBlog

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