By Jeremy Duda | The Mirror
A state employee is looking to head up a class action lawsuit over what she alleges are unpaid overtime wages for her and perhaps several hundred other state workers who help provide services to people with developmental disabilities.
Kimberly Spitler, who has worked as a case manager in the Department of Economic Security’s Division of Developmental Disabilities since 2017, alleges in her lawsuit that she and other case managers sometimes worked as many as 70 hours per week without overtime pay on their $19 hourly wage.
She is accusing the state of violating both state and federal labor laws.
Spitler isn’t looking to represent just herself – she’s asking the court to certify her as the representative of a class for purposes of a class action lawsuit. In her complaint, Spitler said there are “several hundred” members of the proposed class.
Four other employees have already opted into the proposed class action lawsuit and authorized Spitler to act as their representative, according to documents filed in federal court.
