Unpaid Wage and Overtime Lawsuit Filed Against AT&T and BellSouth on Behalf of Call Center Employees by Nichols,

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Jan 10 (MARKET WIRE) --
AT&T, Inc. served with "off the clock" lawsuit on Monday, January 7, 2008:

Nichols Kaster & Anderson, PLLP has brought a putative collective action
unpaid
wage and overtime lawsuit against AT&T, Inc., AT&T Corp. and BellSouth
Corporation. The suit was filed in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Georgia on December 10, 2007. The defendants were
served on December 20, 2007 and January 7, 2008. Plaintiffs allege that AT&T,
formerly known as BellSouth, violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act by
refusing to compensate Sales Consultants, Sales and Service Consultants and
Sales Associates, and those similarly situated, for all their time worked. The
suit was started by a current Universal Sales Associate and a former Sales
Consultant on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated. Specifically,
the plaintiffs allege that they were denied pay for time worked before and after
theirshifts and during meal and rest breaks. A large portion of this time was
spent booting-up computers, logging into computer systems and performing
customer
callbacks.

Plaintiffs' attorney David Schlesinger explained, "Call center employees
from a
number of locations, in a number of states, appear to have been denied wages
and overtime for work performed before and after their shifts and during meal
and rest breaks. It looks like these companies' pay practices systematically
denied call center workers compensation for time worked."

Plaintiffs are represented by Michele Fisher, James Kaster and David
Schlesinger from Nichols Kaster & Anderson, PLLP, which is based in
Minneapolis, Minnesota and San Francisco, California. The case is
entitledBrooks et al. v. AT&T, Inc., AT&T Corp. and Bellsouth Corporation, Civ.
No.1: 07-cv-3054, N.D. Georgia.

Individuals may find information about joining this action at
www.overtimecases.com or by calling (877) 448-4092.

Contacts:
David Schlesinger
612-256-3277
Jim Kaster
612-256-3202

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