The recession resulted in nine million Americans getting pink slips from their employers, with the workers who remained often forced to pick up the slack by putting in longer hours for the same pay.
Now some of those employees have filed suit demanding overtime wages to which they say they were entitled but never received.
David Roberts with the The Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) paid a visit this morning to the KEEL studio and spoke with KEEL Morning News' James Stanley and Anne Moore to help in raising awareness among Louisiana middle and high school students and parents about the comprehensive new, nationally acclaimed, 'Louisiana Connect'.