“The court finds this motion suitable for disposition without oral argument,” Munson stated in granting William Apostol’s motion.
The CNMI’s Department of Labor did not object to Apostol’s motion, provided a court order mandates that he is “authorized to seek and obtain temporary work” pending his lawsuit.
Attorney Colin M. Thompson, who is representing William J. Apostol, sued Golden Bird Corp. and five “Does” after it terminated his client’s employment “without excuse or justification” on Aug. 11, 2009.
In Oct. 1999, Apostol started working at Golden Bird as a building maintenance repairer.
Apostol said he was required to perform multiple tasks such as carpentry, masonry and painting.
He also operated and maintained the corporation’s generator and worked as a security guard, his complaint stated.
Golden Bird failed “to pay [Apostol’s] overtime compensation in the amount of one and one-half times his regular pay rate for all of the hours worked by [Apostol] in excess of 40 hours in each work week,” his complaint stated.
