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Article: OT basis of suit vs. cable company
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- June 3, 2009
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BUSINESS IN BRIEF
OT basis of suit vs. cable company
BOSTON - A Boston law firm has filed a complaint seeking class
action status on behalf of a former contractor for RCN who claims
the cable TV company should have paid him overtime for working
beyond 40 hours a week.
The lawsuit, which was filed by Lichten & Liss-Riordan in Boston
federal court on Monday on behalf of Fritz Elienberg of Roxbury,
claims Elienberg and other cable TV installers were unfairly
classified by RCN as "independent contractors." While they
technically worked for a separate Pennsylvania company, the lawsuit
alleges that these workers took orders every day directly from RCN
managers. The workers solely worked with RCN ...