Unpaid Overtime Class Action settlement

Our firm recently represented about 36 employees in a class action against an employer who for many years wasn’t paying any overtime and these people were working, many of them, in excess of 60 hours per week in a warehouse.

They had a main office out of central Florida, but they had a location in Broward County and they weren’t paying any of these employees any overtime. We represented them in a Fair Labor Standards Act. This is called an FLSA case against the employer and our firm was able to resolve that the employer was obligated to pay not only the overtime that was due, which is time and a half, but they were obligated to pay liquidated damages.

The employer knew or should’ve known that what they were doing wasn’t legal. So in an overtime case, you have the right to ask for double the damages, meaning double what you’re owed. And it’s really a penalty against the employer to prohibit the type of action that this employer was taking. We were able to do that after filing suit but before even getting it to trial we were able to reach an agreement with the employer where the employees were made whole for the time that they were owed.

If you are a victim of unpaid overtime or unpaid wages, know that you have rights in Florida and finding a good employment attorney, is key to being successful .