Another class-action lawsuit alleging Cerner illegally failed to pay employees overtime wages has been filed against the health care technology company.
It’s at least the fourth lawsuit now pending against Cerner over its overtime policy. This one claims that Cerner’s help desk workers were expected to work at least 48 hours a week but weren’t paid overtime. Eric Dirks, an attorney for the plaintiff, said the case likely involves hundreds of workers.
"There are multiple different job titles which we believe have been misclassified,” Dirks said.
Werner says it does not comment on pending litigation. But it argues in other cases that the workers in question are “computer professionals” or “administrative employees” who are exempt from overtime requirements under federal overtime law.