Foley Hoag Hit With Wage-and-Hour Class Action by Former IT Employee
Gregory Modny is suing for nearly $50,000 in unpaid wages in a complaint that also alleges discrimination and harassment inside the firm's IT department.
July 24, 2024 at 04:04 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
What You Need to Know
- A former Foley Hoag IT professional has sued the firm in a wage-and-hour class action lawsuit alleging unpaid wages, discrimination, retaliation and ADA violations.
- Former senior support analyst Gregory Modny alleged the firm reneged on a promise to compensate him for nearly $50,000 in overtime over the span of 46 weeks.
- Modny was injured after being forced to climb an unsafe ladder as retaliation for reporting a supervisor's misconduct to management.
A former IT employee of Foley Hoag is suing the law firm for nearly $50,000 in unpaid overtime he racked up over a period of 46 weeks, according to a wage-and-hour class action filed Wednesday in the Southern District of New York.
The plaintiff, former senior support analyst Gregory Modny, also alleges the firm retaliated against him for reporting the misconduct of a supervisor and other employees. The supervisor even forced Modny to climb an unsafe ladder as a retaliatory measure, the complaint stated, prompting Modny to fall and sustain serious injuries that led to his termination.
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