Morgan & Morgan filed a wage-and-hour class action against Baptist Health Systems Inc. Monday in Florida Middle District Court following a Dec 2021 hack on its timekeeping software, Kronos. The suit was brought on behalf of current and former non-exempt hourly employees who allege wage-and-hour violations as a result of the hack. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendant. The case is 3:22-cv-00383, Mitchell v. Baptist Health System, Inc.

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Read the complaint:

Health’s timekeeping and payroll systems were affected by the hack of Kronos in

2. That hack led to problems in timekeeping and payroll throughout

3. As a result, Baptist Health’s workers who were not exempt from

overtime under federal law were not paid for all overtime hours worked or were

not paid their proper overtime premium after the onset of the Kronos hack.

5. Baptist Health could have easily implemented a system to accurately

record time and properly pay non-exempt hourly and salaried employees until

hourly and salaried employees their full overtime premium for all overtime

7. Baptist Health pushed the cost of the Kronos hack onto the most

8. Baptist Health made the economic burden...

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