CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINT UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP

The Law Offices of Michael Tracy has filed a class action lawsuit against Universal Music Group ("UMG") in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. The lawsuit alleges that UMG has failed to pay proper overtime for a group of employees that work as "IT Support Engineers." These employees may have several different job titles, but the proposed class of employees include all employees who install, configure, or maintain network hardware, servers, or desktop computers.

Both California and Federal law require that employees who work in the above roles be paid overtime, even if they are paid on a salary basis. Please read this article for a general description of overtime in the IT industry.

It also now appears that UMG has distributed a release to putative class members asking them to sign away their overtime rights. This release may be illegal, but you should contact my office if you have any questions or would like to participate in this lawsuit.

Please note that the lawsuit has only recently been filed. The judge has not certified the class yet and UMG vigoursouly disputes that any overtime is due. If you have any questions, especially about the impact of signing the release offered by UMG, you may email me at: UMGclassaction@michaeltracylaw.com.

Please feel free to contact me if you worked for UMG in a different role, such as an application developer, and were also not paid overtime.