Employee Misclassification (video game developer):  Analyzed class membership and magnitude of damages for software engineers and graphic designers of a major video game developer.  Evaluated potential class membership for employees working in multiple job functions, job classifications and geographic locations allegedly misclassified as exempt employees.  Developed a settlement allocation model based on each employee’s work history and compensation and prepared the final calculations for each class member’s claim, net of required disbursements from the settlement fund.

Independent Contractor (parcel delivery company): Analyzed alleged damages related to delivery drivers classified as independent contractors who claimed they should have been compensated as employees.  Compared differences in income and business value earned as independent contractors to the alleged would have been earnings and benefits as employees.

Federal Minimum Wage (time-share sales):  Retained to address alleged violation of minimum wage laws for commissioned sales representatives in the timeshare industry.  Analyzed employee and payroll databases to determine potential class members, quantified employment duration, analyzed individual class member compensation by relevant pay code and determined average hourly pay rates for each employee.

Off-The-Clock (call center):  Analyzed the potential occurrence and magnitude of allegations that employees were forced to work off-the-clock in a customer call center.  Analyzed phone and computer log-in and log-out events and shift schedule data for potential class members to determine probable shift duration and identify activity occurring outside of scheduled shifts.

Sales Commission Chargebacks (cellular telephone service):  Studied the potential magnitude and damages related to sales commission chargebacks in the cellular telephone industry.  Obtained sales commission and chargebacks data to develop analytical models to assess historical trends and relationships in chargebacks as a percentage of sales.  Quantified aggregate chargebacks for the time period in question.

Off-The-Clock (manufactured homes):  Retained on an engagement involving off-the-clock allegations brought by a class of approximately 20,000 employees of a large manufactured housing company.  Collected and analyzed wage and overtime data for prospective class members from over 50 plant locations.  Analyzed variations in recorded overtime at the plant locations, developed a model to quantify potential overtime pay for prospective class members, and evaluated the impact of overtime on the Company’s incentive compensation plan and resulting bonus pool.

Unpaid Overtime and Meal and Rest Breaks (telephone retail sales):  For employee groups re-classified as non-exempt, calculated the potential magnitude of overtime by developing and applying post-conversion overtime rates to weeks worked pre-conversion.  Determined employment duration in relevant job titles and analyzed potential statutory penalties for missed meal and break periods.

Sales Commission Chargebacks and Expense Reimbursement (paper products):  Analyzed the magnitude of potential damages related to deductions taken from sales representative commission payments.  Identified potential class members, aggregated and classified commission deductions by type, estimated deductions in cases of missing data based on statistical sampling, analyzed changes in the sales compensation plans over time, and evaluated related economic offsets.

Race and Gender Discrimination (oil company):  Retained by an international oil company in a matter involving alleged race and gender discrimination of a group of senior level employees.  Analyzed and compared historical salaries, fringe benefits, timing of promotions, raise levels, positions and other factors for the plaintiffs and other employee cohort groups.

Company Uniform Policy (clothing retailer): Assisted a major apparel manufacturer and retailer evaluate potential damages related to allegations that the Company’s uniform policy violated state employment laws.  The proposed class alleged that the Company’s policy of requiring store employees to wear the Company’s current-season fashions caused economic harm to the employees.  Analyzed records for purchases made by over 3,000 employees in the Company’s 30 stores over a five-year period to identify excessive purchases, non-uniform purchases and other transactions unrelated to the plaintiffs’ allegations.

Unpaid Wages and Meal Breaks (contract packaging company): Assessed potential damages related to allegations that employees were not compensated for all hours worked.  The proposed class alleged that class members worked without being provided meal periods and without being compensated for meal periods that were not provided.  Analyzed data recorded in the company’s punch clock database and weekly payroll information to determine the amount of unpaid wages for each employee over a five-year period, as well as whether or not meal breaks were properly provided.