Colorado Department of Corrections Hit With Another Lawsuit Over Alleged Employment Violations

Two years after settling a lawsuit about not properly paying employees for overtime work, the Colorado Department of Corrections is back in the courtroom over the same issue.

In November 2022, William Hastings filed a lawsuit against the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC). As a criminal investigator in Florence, he claimed he wasn’t properly paid for overtime work.

According to his lawsuit complaint, Hastings worked nearly 90-hour weeks throughout 2021. While on call, he received $2.00 per hour. His attorney, Andrew Swan, said that’s a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

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