RE: Tech Writer Lawsuit

["Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>]

Thanks for the information.  I'm sure the lawyers and the court will
consider this NY decision, but I wonder how the CA Labor Code with its
hourly computer software employee exemption and technical writer exception
will factor in this case. 

Lauren

> From: tgkohn -at- aol -dot- com

> A late addition to the many posts, I know, but it comes from 
> first-hand experience.
> 
> I am a technical editor (AKA writer) whose classification was 
> changed from D43 (exempt) in August 2007 to a 
> then-unclassified non-exempt position. This reclassification 
> occurred as the result of a class-action lawsuit that was 
> decided "in favor" of the technical writers, heard in the 
> State of New York. The general circumstances were the same as 
> the case that recently received so much interest here, except 
> that a takeover by another company did not initiate the lawsuit. 
....

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