Apple Sued For Turning Workers Into Slaves

SwiftyNifty writes "Apple employees are putting together a class action lawsuit for not receiving overtime pay. A Lawsuit filed Monday in California seeks class action status alleging that Apple denied technical staffers required overtime pay and meal compensation in violation of state law. Filed in the US District Court for Southern California, the complaint claims that many Apple employees are routinely subjected to working conditions resembling indentured servitude, or 'modern day slaves,' for lack of better words."

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[proud american]

From this in info on this link http://www.dol.gov/elaws/esa/flsa/overtime/info.htm I think they have no case.

For the FLSA section 13(a)(1) exemptions to apply, an employee generally must be paid on a salary basis of no less than $455 per week and perform certain types of work that: is directly related to the management of his or her employer's business, or is directly related to the general business operations of his or her employer or the employer's clients, or requires specialized academic training for entry into a professional field, or is in the computer field, or is making sales away from his or her employer's place of business, or is in a recognized field of artistic or creative endeavor

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[cayenne8]

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Re:No, *THESE* are slaves

[Anonymous Coward]

But I'm sure President Obama and his "windfall" tax on any company with a 10% profit will revitalize business!

Ah, come on. It's clear that Obama's windfall tax won't target all business. Just the businesses that will get him elected by his screaming extremist fanbois. As the WSJ opinion piece says (links above)...

In other words, a windfall is nothing more than a profit earned by a business that some politician dislikes.