Former Sentara Employee Files Lawsuit Over Alleged Unpaid Wages

Source: Visit website

Headlines:

The suit focuses on wages for Sentara's patient care employees, who are non-exempt—meaning they're paid hourly and eligible for overtime pay—and regularly work more than 40 hours a week, the complaint states.

The complaint primarily focuses on three of Sentara's alleged practices: its auto-deduction policy, rounding policy and the circumstances of employee meal breaks.

The complaint claims Sentara automatically deducts 30 minutes from patient care employees' hours worked for meal periods. However, it says Sentara has required these employees to work through their meal breaks. The documents also state that when the employees have gone on break, they've been interrupted by work matters.

#news