Firm News: Brendan Sweeney Files Class Action Complaint Against CrossCountry Mortgage for Overtime and Wage claims

Working Solutions’ Partner Brendan Sweeney filed a class action complaint on behalf of former loan officers at CrossCountry Mortgage for overtime and wage claims, as well as disputing the company’s alleged practice of requiring employees to work for free.The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Ohio, – where CrossCountry Mortgage is headquartered – highlights the  company’s misclassification of its loan officers as overtime exempt. In a published statement, Brendan Sweeney argued that CrossCountry Mortgage “[was] trying to shift all the risk of the turn of the market onto these individuals.” 

Read the filed case here.