Coffman Legal, LLC quoted in article about reporting sexual harassment

On August 23, 2017, the law firms of Coffman Legal, LLC and Bryant Legal, LLC filed a Collective and Class Action Complaint against Defendants Discover Financial Services and Discover Products (collectively “Discover”) on behalf of a Discover call center employee and Discover’s other similarly situated employees regardless of location for Discover’s failure to fully and properly compensate its employees for all overtime wages in violation of the Fair Labor Standard Act (“FLSA”). Discover is a for-profit bank and financial holding corporation with numerous call center locations throughout the United States of America. The collective and class action was filed to redress Discover’s alleged failure to fully pay overtime wages they are entitled to under the FLSA for all Discovery employees.

The minimum wage in Ohio has been raised in 2018. Ohio non-tipped employees must now be paid no less than $8.30 per hour (not including overtime). In order to comply with Ohio law, employers must pay Ohio employees at least an amount equal to Ohio’s minimum wage for all hours worked. If you are a non-tipped employee who is not receiving at least minimum wage of $8.30 per hour, you should contact our office to speak with our Ohio minimum wage attorneys today

In general, an employer must compensate an employee for all hours worked, including time spent training. In other words, training time is ordinarily work time. If training occurs while the employee is at work by way of meeting, lecture, or otherwise, the training time is work time.