CHG Medical Staffing Improperly Calculated Overtime Pay, Suit Says

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CHG Medical Staffing, Inc. is on the receiving end of a proposed class and collective action filed by a former employee who claims the defendant improperly calculated her overtime wages and paid her less than she actually earned. The plaintiff allegedly worked for the staffing company as a travel nurse and was paid an hourly wage plus a meal per diem and housing allowance. The suit claims the meal and housing compensation would be deducted from an employee’s pay for any days he or she did not work, which, according to the complaint, means the extra pay was based upon the number of hours the employee worked and not on actual expenses incurred. As a result, the suit argues, the plaintiff’s meal and housing compensation should have been factored into the defendant’s overtime calculations as part of her regular pay rate, which the defendant allegedly failed to do.