On May 12, 2008 Crystal Howard, Paul Galloway, Robert Newson and Alvin Young (“Plaintiffs”) brought a lawsuit against Securitas Security Services (“Securitas”) on behalf of themselves and over 10,000 other Security Guards in the state of Illinois who allege they were not paid for all the time they worked as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).
Plaintiffs allege that Securitas failed to keep accurate time records and required them to work off-the-clock without proper compensation. Specifically, Plaintiffs allege that Securitas used a “schedule-based” time keeping system that did not account for all hours worked by security guards, including time worked:
- Before the start of their scheduled shift performing tasks such as preparing for work, receiving pass down instructions and lining up for roll call and uniform inspection;
- After the end of their shift as a holdover;
- Training, including ACT 1, 2 and 3 training; and
- Maintaining their uniforms pursuant to Securitas’ dress code and appearance policy.
Plaintiffs seek to recover unpaid wages, double damages and attorneys’ fees. The lawsuit charges Securitas with violating federal law by deliberately failing to keep accurate time records and failing to pay overtime wages as required by the FLSA
Under the FLSA, employees are entitled to time-and-a-half pay for all time worked over 40 hours worked in a workweek unless the employer can prove they are exempt from the requirements of the Act. Securitas’ Security Guards are not exempt. The FLSA also requires employers to maintain accurate records of all time actually worked by its employees.
Our primary goals of this class action are to:
- Require Securitas to change their schedule based time-keeping methods so that it accurately records all the time worked by its Security Guards instead of only their scheduled time;
- Recover unpaid overtime wages and other damages for Security Guards who were deprived of overtime
- Prevent Securitas from denying overtime wages to its Security Guards in the future.
If you are currently employed, or have been employed in the past three years, by Securitas as a security guard, and would like more information on this case, we encourage you to read the court approved Notice.
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Marvin A. Miller
Matthew E. VanTine
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