By: Elizabeth Lopez

A law firm in New York has recently filed a class action lawsuit against T-Mobile USA, claiming that the cellular service giant has been underpaying their overtime. The lawsuit involves employees’ from T-Mobile nation-wide who have been employed since July 10th, 2006 to present. The allegations by retail associates and supervisors alike state that they have not been paid regular wages for all hours worked or overtime in excess of forty hours per week.

The Complaint is also asserting New York State Labor Law claims on behalf of the New York employees, as well as California Wage Law claims on behalf of the California employees who worked for T-Mobile from July 10th, 2006.

The sales representatives and supervisors claim to have been hired to work over forty hours per week and were not paid wages or overtime for all the hours they worked. The employees were all issued “T-Mobile smart devices” and were required to review and respond to any and all T-Mobile related emails and text messages at all hours, whether or not they were logged into the company’s time keeping system. They were also required to work “off the clock” during scheduled lunch breaks in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Complaint seeks an award of damages for all unpaid wages and liquidated damages.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and other laws specifically govern which employees can receive overtime pay and the minimum amounts that employers have to pay. If your employer has tried to rewrite these rules, talk to us.

At Leeds Morelli & Brown, PC, our employment law attorneys handle unpaid overtime wage disputes for clients on Long Island and throughout the New York City area, and have had significant success in these matters, our firm files claims on behalf of individual clients as well as groups, and can take unpaid overtime wage disputes on a nationwide basis as well.

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