Kentucky employees cheated by federal Medicare contractor, union says in complaint
The
The complaint seeks an investigation of the company.
The company has centers in
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Federal rules include job classifications and wage scales for employees of contractors. Most of the employees at the
The complaint is that many have received training to qualify for a higher classification -- and are doing work performed at higher classifications -- but the company won't move them to a tier with a higher salary, Allen said.
The level above where most of the
"They are not being re-classified and paid at the proper wage," Allen said of the
Allen said the union could not release a complete copy of the complaint filed Monday.
The company said in a response to the Herald-Leader that it values its employees and their work, and takes its obligations seriously under federal law.
The company is subject to routine compliance reviews as a federal contractor, it said in the statement.
The complaint involving the
It follows similar wage-theft complaints by the union against the company involving workers at facilities in
Since January, more than 2,000 current and former General Dynamics Information Technology workers have signed on to requests for the
"These complaints provide further evidence that thousands of workers at a majority of GDIT call centers across the nation are systemically underpaid," union President
The union is asking the
"I'm tired of just surviving, of making tough decisions like which bills to pay and which bills to delay," Wingfield said.
The union estimates that tens of thousands of current and former GDIT employees could get back pay totaling
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