Lawsuit Filed by Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP Against Bank of America for Alleged Failure to Pay Overtime Wages

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(Business Wire)--
Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP and Donelon, P.C. recently filed a lawsuit against Bank
of America, N.A. on behalf of bank tellers and personal bankers for allegedly
unpaid wages and overtime worked at company bank branches across the country.
The lawsuit was filed as a collective action, which means that other Bank of
America employees with similar job duties may join the case to seek their
allegedly unpaid wages.

In the Complaint, the employees allege that Bank of America failed to pay bank
tellers and personal bankers for overtime worked. In particular, employees work
more than forty hours in a work week, but instead of paying them overtime, Bank
of America: (i) gives them "comp time," (ii) tells them not to record the hours
worked over forty, and/or (iii) lowers or "modifies" the tellers` and personal
bankers` recorded hours by eliminating any overtime hours. Also, the lawsuit
alleges that Bank of America automatically deducts time for meal breaks;
however, employees were routinely required to perform work during unpaid meal
breaks (or were not able to take such breaks).

The failure to pay employees their earned overtime wages is in direct violation
of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA provides for recovery of unpaid
overtime wages, an equal amount for liquidated damages, attorney`s fees, and
litigation costs. Back wages can be sought over either a two- or three-year
period from the date the employee joins the case, depending on whether the
violation is deemed willful. Both present and former employees of Bank of
America, N.A. may participate in the case.

Further questions about the lawsuit should be directed to George Hanson of
Stueve Siegel Hanson at 866-668-9241 or Brendan Donelon of Donelon, PC at
816-221-7772.

About Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP

Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP represents plaintiffs and defendants nationwide in wage
and hour class and collective actions, complex securities, business,
environmental, and product litigation and trials. Stueve Siegel Hanson employs
results-based contingency fee billing - not hourly billing - to give clients the
flexibility to pursue legal action even when that action wouldn`t ordinarily be
cost effective.

About Donelon, PC

Donelon, PC is a law practice focused primarily in complex wage and hour class
action claims. Some of the more common wage and hour violations are: employees
required to be at work "off the clock" without pay or paid "comp time" instead
of OT; persons labeled as a "contract employee" and not paid any overtime;
employers failing to pay the proper overtime rate for hours worked in excess of
forty; employees misclassified as salary exempt when employees should be
classified as non-exempt and paid overtime.

Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP
Kelly Dillman, 816-714-7127
dillman@stuevesiegel.com
www.stuevesiegel.com

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