Hardie v. California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO)
Employees sought overtime compensation and injunctive relief for
hundreds of control room employees of the Independent Systems Operator
of California's electrical grid, who were improperly classified as
exempt and who were required to work excessive hours with no overtime
compensation. After an extended trial on the first of eight job
classifications set to be tried, and a finding for the plaintiffs, a
settlement was reached for all eight groups of employees in an amount in
excess of $14,000,000.00 and re-classification of all of the subject
employees as non-exempt. Some employees received as much as $200,000.00
in past unpaid overtime compensation.