Lawsuit Alleges The Morgan Group 'Shaved' Employees' Work Hours

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An opt-in class and collective action out of North Carolina court alleges The Morgan Group, Inc. violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state labor statutes by “shaving” time from the total number of hours the plaintiff and proposed collective members worked. The case claims the high-end real estate and construction company shaved time from the total hours employees worked each week and move shaved hours into the following week in order to avoid paying proper time-and-a-half overtime. Further, the plaintiff claims the defendant failed to include non-discretionary bonuses when calculating employees’ regular rates of pay for the purposes of tallying overtime compensation.