I've since read the case summary that's been linked and I've lost all my sympathy for her. The excess hours were over the course of 6 weeks or so and she also

I've since read the case summary that's been linked and I've lost all my sympathy for her. The excess hours were over the course of 6 weeks or so and she also owed the company an additional $1100 on an advance to pay for her CPA courses. The advance was set to be forgiven at the rate of 1/24th of the total per month, which I interpreted as a sort of "we'll pay for your training and certification if you stay with us for 2 years" agreement. From the information I've seen, it didn't seem like they intended to pursue her for the rest of the advance until she brought the suit against them for dismissal and withholding her last paycheck to repay a portion of the advance.