Staffing reductions and overtime restrictions, coupled with increased caseloads, made it so impractical to complete their tasks during normal hours that the state’s court clerks felt pressured to work for free to keep up with the workload, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.
The New York State Court Clerks Association, a union representing clerks in the five boroughs, alleges in a Fair Labor Standards Act case that the state court system “created a climate where Court Clerks felt compelled to work past normal hours in order to finish their work and Court Managers, under pressure to have the work done, allowed it to happen.”
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