Dell settles lawsuit with call center employees in four states

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Story Published: Oct 30, 2009 at 3:07 PM CDT

Story Updated: Oct 30, 2009 at 3:07 PM CDT

10/30/09

Dell Inc. has settled a federal lawsuit alleging its call center employees in Roseburg, Oregon and four other states were forced to work off the clock and shorted their overtime pay.

Terms were not made public. The settlement affects 1,406 call center workers from Oregon, Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

Former Dell employees David Norman and Walter Romas filed suit in U.S. District Court in February 2007.

The two Roseburg men said they were required to attend daily meetings called ``huddles'' that lasted 20 to 30 minutes but were not paid for that time. In addition, they claimed they had to perform other duties before and after their shifts ended.

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