The nation’s largest credit union has 11,000 employees, but apparently not enough money — or, more likely, not enough honor — to pay some of its workers the overtime wages they earned.

The Navy Federal Credit Union, based in Virginia, has been sued by an employee in Nevada for failing to pay some of its branch workers for all of the hours they worked. Anthony Lee claims that he and others in his job classification were required to work “off the clock”; that is, they were performing job duties before and after their official shifts for as long as 30 to 45 minutes a day.

Lee’s been employed at the credit union for nearly six years as a member services representative. That job is not exempt, meaning it is not a management job that is compensated by a salary, no matter how many hours are worked in a given pay period. Nonexempt jobs, such as Lee’s are paid by the hour, and subject to overtime.

Lee, who also charges that a former manager referred to him by the “N” word several times, plans to seek class-action status for his complaint to enable as many as 500 other employees to join the lawsuit. He’s seeking a judgment that the alleged practice is illegal, and that it be stopped in the future. He also seeks unspecified damages, penalties and court costs.

Read the whole story in the Washington Business Journal.