WASHINGTON (7News) — D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced Tuesday that Georgetown University will pay up to $500,000 to resolve allegations that it required staff working in research settings to work unpaid overtime.
Following an investigation by Schwalb’s office, Georgetown has agreed to establish a fund so that workers can claim the wages they are legally owed.
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Georgetown also agreed to pay the appropriate overtime to all non-exempt employees in the future.
“Workers in academic research settings are often pressured by supervisors to work off-the-clock overtime, a practice that is illegal and unfair,” said AG Schwalb. “The Office of Attorney General will continue to vigorously enforce our wage-and-hour laws across all industries in order to protect all workers, and I encourage anyone who feels they are not being paid, on time and in full, what they have earned to file a complaint through our workers’ rights tipline.”
A complaint about Georgetown’s overtime practices was posted to the attorney general’s workers’ rights tipline ([email protected]) in March 2022, according to a statement from the OAG.
The investigation determined that staff employees working at the Georgetown University Medical Center and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences had been required to work off-the-clock, without compensation, in violation of District law.
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