The lawsuit alleges that the healthcare system failed to properly compensate hourly, non-exempt healthcare employees for overtime hours worked. The lawsuit, which is labeled as a class action has been lodged in federal court, names the former employee as the plaintiff and Adena Health System as the defendant. According to the court documents, the hospital employees worked more than forty hours per week, as they were hourly, non-exempt employees entitled to overtime pay. However, the lawsuit contends that Adena deducted a daily 30-minute meal break from their compensable hours worked, even when the employees were unable to take a full, uninterrupted 30-minute meal break. The class-action lawsuit is seeking compensation for the unpaid overtime wages, asserting that Adena Health System’s practice of deducting meal breaks from their hours worked without appropriate compensation is in violation of labor laws.