Business Litigation - Written by Beasley Allen on Friday, April 7, 2006 10:23 - 0 Comments

Morgan Stanley Settles Overtime Suit For $42.5 Million

Securities firm Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $42.5 million to settle a by brokers who demanded overtime pay. The suit, filed on behalf of some 5,000 current and former brokers and trainees in , alleged that Morgan Stanley failed to pay them overtime. The suit, filed in federal court in , also alleged that the firm deducted money from paychecks to cover administrative expenses. -based Morgan Stanley, which currently has about 9,500 brokers, maintained that brokers should not be paid on an hourly basis. The settlement follows similar overtime suit victories by stockbrokers for UBS and Merrill Lynch.

Source: Reuters News Service




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