Franklin D. Azar & Associates, P.C.,
Denver, CO

Hewlett Packard Class Action Lawsuit

  
 

Do your sales numbers and actual paid commission just not add up?

A class action lawsuit against HP in the San Francisco federal court is currently pending.  Three former employees of HP claim that they sold millions of dollars worth of HP equipment and services, but HP failed to pay them commissions for those sales.  The former employees also claim that HP failed to give them credit for sales made, which impacted their ability to meet their quotas and earn bonuses.  The suit alleges that the total commissions HP owes to current and former employees is over $5.0 million. We believe that if these allegations are true, a monetary penalty –  over and above the commissions HP owes –  may be assessed against HP.  If you are a current or former HP employee and you believe HP failed to pay you commissions you are owed, contact us and protect your rights.

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HP Sued By Employees
Three former employees sued Hewlett-Packard (HPQ - Analyst Report) for default in paying millions of dollars of commission to its sales force. It is believed that this is the result of faulty software, incapable of keeping an accurate record of commissions earned by respective employees.

We believe this is an embarrassing development for a company of this stature, which may adversely affect its goodwill going forward. It is likely that the incident will spread a negative feeling among all employees, whether affected or not. Although the company has acknowledged the problem, it is of the opinion that the issue has been blown out of proportion.

This lawsuit is particularly targeted at a computer program known as "Omega", which HP started using after its acquisition of Compaq in 2002. The company declared that only a small portion of the 23,000-strong global sales team had been affected by the malfunction of "Omega".

   The lawsuit has been filed in the San Francisco federal court by the three former employees of the company, who claim to have done business worth millions of dollars. The employees have requested the court to give this the status of a class action lawsuit, claiming that the total commission to be paid by the company was over $5.0 million. We believe that this allegation if proved in a court of law may attract monetary penalty over and above the arrear commission to be paid by the company.

Although the company plans to control costs through layoffs to generate incremental savings, depriving employees of their rightful claims is unacceptable. We would like to believe that the whole incident was absolutely unintentional, but only time will tell whether the renowned computer maker can come out of the situation unscathed.

source: Zacks Investment Research,
http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/23396/HP+Sued+By+Employees
 
   
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