A class action lawsuit has been filed against Take-Two involving alleged reports of the company mistreating their Quality Assurance testers with the biggest complaint being the lack of compensation for work done.
The lawsuit also claims the company paid lower than minimum wage while "forcing" the testers to work extra hours without compensating for the extra hours or lost break time. Also alleged is the company refusing to pay all the money that was owed for the contracted work before termination of the testers between a period of November 2006 and April 2007.
As of now the courts are waiting to determine if enough people were involved in the dispute in order to officially hear the case as a class action lawsuit with an early court date of March 2012.
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We all know quality assurance testers have one of the toughest jobs around but the lawsuit alleges that Take Two Interactive made testers’ jobs more difficult by: "not receiving at least minimum wage for compensation." Testers were also denied [providing] required meal and rest breaks, and Take Two Interactive failed to provide compensation when those breaks were missed.
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