Charter Communications d/b/a Spectrum was slapped with an employment class action this week in Connecticut District Court arising from the company’s use of Kronos payroll and timekeeping software.

The complaint, brought by Morgan & Morgan and other firms, alleges that a 2021 ransomware attack on Kronos systems resulted in overtime pay violations. Plaintiff Angel Hernandez claims Charter used prior pay periods and reduced payroll estimates to avoid paying wages and proper overtime to employees, pushing ”the cost of the Kronos hack onto the most economically vulnerable people in its workforce.”

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