Law360, New York (December 07, 2011, 8:26 PM ET) -- Halliburton Corp. and two other government contractors were hit with a putative class action Tuesday in Washington federal court by a group of firefighters who say the defendants denied them overtime wages for their service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The firefighters allege that Halliburton, Kellogg Brown & Root LLC and Wackenhut Services International required them to log grueling round-the-clock hours while working abroad, but held onto overtime wages that the companies subsequently charged the federal government.
“Defendants bill the United States government for these services performed...
Firefighters Sue Halliburton, Others For Iraq OT Pay
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