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Speaking of lawsuits - BurntOut

Posted: Aug 24, 2012

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/illinois/ilndce/1:2012cv05571/271621/

Found this on a Google search. Is this old news? It doesn't seem as though you can get any information about it anywhere.

Another one??? - Wow

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Wow. There sure have been a lot of Keystrokes lawsuits for unpaid OT over the past few years. I have a strong feeling that more are coming in the future....

July 16, 2012 -- recent filing - GO MTs

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It's about time that MTSOs are held to the law. That's the only way I think to save our profession and its workers. We have worked hard for years with little thanks, all the while MTSOs ripping us off by classifying us as ICs, not paying benefits (while they continue to get benefits), not paying OT, not paying for research/downtime, and not paying minimum wage. GO MTs!!!!

GO MTs - Faith

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Yes, go MTs! We all need to raise hell and participate together and take back our MT careers as we once new them, let these MTSOs feel the fustration and pay the price for a change!!!

I tried to get the same thing going against FastChart - sm

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AMS and because all the MTs were too chicken, nothing happened. I was so mad!

So did YOU file? All it takes is one, you dont need all - the MTs. nm

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Dont be mad at others, if you did nothing by yourself. - nm

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Can look up on PACER - dmj

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If you wanted access to the current filings/status of the case you could register for a PACER account.

http://www.pacer.gov/

There is a fee, but only if you hit a certain level in a quarter. See last paragraph of info below copied from the PACER website.

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is an electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information from federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts, and the PACER Case Locator via the Internet. PACER is provided by the federal Judiciary in keeping with its commitment to providing public access to court information via a centralized service.

CONFERENCE APPROVES FEE INCREASE

In September 2011, the Judicial Conference of the United States authorized an increase in the Judiciary's electronic public access fee in response to increasing costs for maintaining and enhancing the electronic public access system. The increase in the electronic public access (EPA) fee, from $.08 to $.10 per page, will take effect on April 1, 2012. The change is needed to continue to support and improve the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system, and to develop and implement the next generation of the Judiciary's Case Management/Electronic Case Filing system.

The EPA fee has not been increased since 2005. As mandated by Congress, the EPA program is funded entirely through user fees set by the Conference.

The Conference was mindful of the impact such an increase could have on other public entities and on public users accessing the system to obtain information on a particular case. For this reason, local, state, and federal government agencies will be exempted from the increase for three years. Moreover, PACER users who do not accrue charges of more than $15 in a quarterly billing cycle would not be charged a fee. (The current exemption is $10 per quarter.) The expanded exemption means that 75 to 80 percent of all users will still pay no fees.

Entire complaint can be read through PACER - dmj

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Get a PACER account and read the complaint filed. Interesting. When you do a query for the case (search for case 1:12-cv-05571). You can find the complaint document in the History/Documents for 7/16/2012. On August 13, 2012 a motion for extension of time to file an answer was granted until November 20, 2012.

They settled or won the other ones. I get paid OT and always have. sm - Happy KS MT

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I worked with the person who filed. She was a piece of work and should have never been a lead. She is out for something free because she didn't like working and always was complaining. I asked for a transfer from her account because of her.

I guess no one has bashed KS lately, so someone had to. nm - KS MT2

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Shaking my head. I worked under that person in the lawsuit, and there's no way she had overtime. I could never reach her and had to go over her head every time I needed something. I thought she was suing them for worker's comp, last I heard, but she must've given up on that. She always has some kind of complaint. I think she was fired.

Let me check my calendar. Ummm, yep, there it is. - Saturday -- KS bashing day. nm

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plenty of times never paid OT - havetheemailsanddocumenration.

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It might be a disgruntled person but I bet she has a case. I've got plenty of backup documentation.

Agree - not paid OT

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Regardless of what type of a person she is or how hard of a worker she is/isn't, I also believe that she probably has a legitimate case. I speak based on personal experience with Keystrokes.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and not everyone - has a good experience with KS.

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If you don't like reading them stay off the boards.

She was there for 6 years!!!!! - BO

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She must have been doing something right. Can't someone just post a fact without someone else getting all tied up in their underwear??? If you're doing great at KS, that's wonderful for you! Don't try to shut someone else down for trying to inform others about what some judge thinks is a legitimate law suit.

Anything good out there? - trixie61

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I just sent resumes to Keystrokes and FastChart. Holy wow...is there no company that anyone is happy with? Does anyone actually like doing this job and is being compensated fairly for their work? I'm shaking my head and wondering why I bother.

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