EXPERIENCE
Welch Consulting was retained by attorneys for large national food processing company to provide expert testimony regarding economic damages relating to the amount of time spent “donning and doffing.” Our economist combined employment history and payroll data with information about where in a processing line an employee was stationed in order to accurately calculate the extent to which an employee’s donning and doffing time was under compensated.
Welch Consulting was retained by attorneys representing a national accounting firm to analyze and testify about claims of misclassification of exempt employees. Our expert combined employment history and payroll information, with information tracking hours worked in order to estimate time worked in excess of forty hours a week.
Welch Consulting was retained by attorneys representing a national retailer in claims that employee bonus payments reflected improper deductions and therefore needed to be recalculated. Our economists estimated the payments after including the additional components to ascertain the difference in bonus that could be compensated. These recalculations had additional implications for which stores were eligible to provide bonuses and for the regular rate of pay at which hourly employees were compensated for overtime. Our expert provided adjusted estimates of exposure based upon these issues as well.
Welch Consulting was retained by attorneys for national home improvement retailer to calculate exposure relating to travel time. Plaintiffs claimed large amounts of damages due to uncompensated travel time and mileage reimbursements. Our economists used appointments data for outside sales representatives to develop measures of the actual distance traveled and estimates of associated travel time. Using the actual appointments data, Welch Consulting was able to establish an accurate estimate of how much time was actually spent traveling by plaintiffs.
Welch Consulting was retained by attorneys for a national arts and crafts retailer to estimate exposure for meal and rest break violations in its California stores. Our economists worked up a sampling approach to studying a representative sample of stores during representative parts of the year in order to estimate damages. These estimates were made under a number of different alternatives for waiver eligible shifts and grace period minutes.
Welch Consulting was retained by attorneys representing a national information management company to assist in generating estimates of exposure relating to misclassification claims. Our experts combined employment and payroll data in order to accurately estimate rates of pay for relevant groups of employees under different alternatives regarding the liability period, and the components of compensation to be included.
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