Search Wizards Lawsuit Claims Talent Recruiters Were Underpaid for Overtime Work

Attorneys working with ClassAction.org would like to speak to anyone who worked as a talent acquisition specialist for Search Wizards in the past three years and believes they were not paid properly for their overtime hours.

A lawsuit has been filed alleging the staffing agency broke federal law by failing to pay its talent acquisition specialists, who may also be called recruiters or sourcers, for all overtime hours worked.

What Does the Lawsuit Claim, Exactly?  

Specifically, the lawsuit claims Search Wizards illegally denied talent acquisition specialists proper overtime pay by:

Capping the number of overtime hours it would pay for. The plaintiff in the case claims her workload regularly demanded up to 15 hours of overtime per week. Search Wizards told her, however, that she could only “claim” a certain number of overtime hours per week, according to the suit. For instance, even in weeks when the plaintiff would work 15 overtime hours, Search Wizards allegedly only paid her for up to seven-and-a-half hours.

Claiming it doesn’t need to pay for “unapproved” overtime work. The lawsuit claims that Search Wizards also required recruiters to obtain “pre-approval” from clients for their overtime. If overtime wasn’t approved – but still worked – Search Wizards wrongfully maintained that it was not obligated to pay for it, the case says.

What Could I Get from a Lawsuit?

A lawsuit could provide current and former talent recruiters with money for their unpaid overtime hours. It could also force the company to make changes to how it pays its employees.

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