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The owners of a Welcome Inn hotel in Quincy, Illinois had initially reacted to a lawsuit by interviewing employees as to their working conditions, according to court documents. In Brashier v. Quincy Properties, LLC, former Welcome Inn employees April Brashier, Richard Orencia and Chad O. Lebow  alleged the owners of the hotel violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay them for overtime hours worked. The plaintiffs claim Welcome Inn owners Ken Logan and Quentin Kearney misclassified them as salaried employees in order to dodge overtime pay requirements. The plaintiffs also allege the owners violated the FLSA through illegal deductions from their paychecks. Brashier claims that when she went to the owners to complain about the conditions now described in the lawsuit, they fired her. According to court documents, Logan said he and Kearney interviewed several Welcome Inn hotel employees to see if the plaintiffs’ allegations had any merit, and also to determine if Brashier, Orencia and Lebow mi