A dealership recently received a demand letter from an attorney
for a former technician. In the letter, the attorney threatened to
sue the dealership because it had failed to pay the technician
extra money to conduct "courtesy inspections." Even
though the technician had earned well in excess of the minimum wage
and was exempt from overtime, the attorney insisted that the
dealership was legally obligated to pay the technician for the
extra work performed.
The attorney also claimed that the 0.5 FRH that the dealership
had previously paid technicians for conducting these inspections
was not enough time to do a proper inspection and complete the
dealership-required paperwork. Therefore, the tech was entitled to
an additional 0.75 FRH for each inspection performed. The attorney
demanded more than $50,000 to settle the case or he would proceed
with a class-action lawsuit.
