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Union Lauches Web Site for PwC Overtime Lawsuit Info June 19, 2008 (SmartPros) The labor union Unite Here has launched a Web site that monitors the class-certified wage and hour lawsuit filed against the U.S. arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The site, www.OverworkedAtPwC.info, is an independent site critical of the firm, which is the first Big Four accounting firm to become the target of a class-certified wage and hour case in the United States. The case could have widespread implications for PwC, the nation's largest accounting firm which operates in 34 states, and for other major accounting firms nationwide. In a statement, the union said the site "is a resource for PwC associates and others in the accounting industry who seek up-to-date information on developments in this potentially groundbreaking lawsuit." Unite Here is a labor union representing 465,000 workers in the hotel, casino, food service, laundry, apparel and textile industries. While PwC has denied that it is breaking federal wage and hour laws, the firm recently announced a redress plan of its overtime policies in Canada on the heels of a similar class action lawsuit against Big Four firm KPMG. On March 25, 2008, Judge Lawrence K. Karlton of California's Eastern District Court granted class certification to Campbell v. PricewaterhouseCoopers. The plaintiffs, a group of former PwC associates filed the lawsuit against the accounting firm for allegedly misclassifying certain employees as exempt from receiving overtime pay. The suit, filed in October 2006, covers all associates in PwC's Attest division who worked at PwC offices in California between October 27, 2002 to the present. |
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