Executive Accuses Texas Company of Overtime Pay Violations

Marshall, TXA business manager for a company that manages rehabilitation centers has filed a lawsuit against the firm, claiming it committed overtime pay violations, the Southeast Texas Record reports.

span itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" style="display:block">Karen Poole filed the lawsuit against GulfCoast LTC Partners Inc. and its related companies on Feburary 9 in the Marshall Division of the Eastern District of Texas.

The lawsuit is reportedly filed on behalf of every "hourly" employee who did not receive proper overtime compensation, according to the news source. Poole, who worked as a business manager between August 2006 and February 9, 2011, claims that she and other workers were referred to as "salaried" employees, which they allegedly did not qualify for under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Poole claims that since she and the other employees were actually "hourly" workers, they were entitled to receive overtime compensation for working more than 40 hours in a given week, according to the lawsuit.

According to the Department of Labor, the Fair Labor Standards Act was initially established in 1938.