Joanna Szabo  |  October 18, 2017

Category: Labor & Employment

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class action settlement checkA Sprint employee class action lawsuit filed back in December 2016 has reached a settlement deal of $1.2 million.

The Sprint employee class action lawsuit alleged that the telecommunications giant failed to pay some of its employees according to overtime regulations, or grant them proper meal and rest breaks. Class Members included in the suit are former and current technical consultants who worked at Sprint retail stores in California during the class period of Dec. 9, 2012–March 3, 2017.

According to the Sprint employee class action lawsuit, these Sprint employees were denied proper overtime wages, break periods, and reimbursement for required expenses, such as transferring inventory from store to store.

The lead plaintiff, Samuel R., claimed that these workers were required to travel between stores to transfer equipment that had been broken or repaired without compensation for their travel costs. Even after they had clocked out from work, plaintiffs claim that they were often assigned work. Samuel further claimed that workers were placed on call without proper compensation.

“Plaintiff…alleged class members were called during their time off and asked questions about customer interactions and devices they worked on,” the complaint read. “The class members found themselves continually answering questions and were thrust into helping their customers—even when they were off-duty or otherwise on a break.”

The Sprint employee class action lawsuit was filed in December 2016 in Los Angeles Superior Court, but it was removed to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in March. Just a few months later, Sprint agreed to a class action settlement of $1.2 million. Had it gone to trial, estimations indicated that the suit might have been worth around $3.6 million.

Of the $1.2 million, $741,040 will be divided between 525 eligible employees, leaving each with an average payout of $1,411, though an exact amount is determined based on how long a class member worked during the certified class period.

Wage and Hour Regulations

There are a series of both federal and state wage and hour laws put in place to protect workers and ensure they are treated fairly. However, many workers across the country do not know the protections that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) offers, which can lead to employers taking advantage of them, and in some cases requiring unpaid overtime work despite the illegality of doing so.

Some workers may find themselves unable to file wage and hour complaints like this unpaid overtime lawsuit because they are not aware of FLSA rules. Others may be afraid that their employers will retaliate or even fire them if they speak up about these kinds of FLSA violations. To protect workers who help to enforce FLSA rules, laws also exist to protect workers from discrimination based on wage and hour complaints.

Filing an Employee Class Action Lawsuit

If you have worked for an employer like Sprint that may have failed to follow federal or state labor laws, such as overtime requirements, you may be able to either join a wage and hour class action lawsuit or file an unpaid overtime lawsuit of your own.

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One thought on Sprint Employee Class Action Lawsuit Reaches $1.2M Settlement

  1. pearlyn45 says:

    i want to join

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