Nation Waste Inc. is facing a new class action wage and hour lawsuit, alleging the waste management company had failed to pay their waste disposal driver employees compensation for overtime.

The class action wage and hour lawsuit was filed by a man who says he was regularly denied compensation for overtime from the waste management company, and that other waste disposal driver employees were treated similarly.

Plaintiff Paul J. alleges he was not paid for all hours worked, nor did he receive compensation for overtime while working at the waste management company.

Paul is bringing this class action wage and hour lawsuit on behalf of himself and other trash pick-up employees who worked at Nation Waste Inc. at any point in the last three years, and were allegedly not paid overtime or for all hours worked.

Waste Employee Complaints

According to the class action wage and hour lawsuit, Paul has worked as a Waste Disposal Driver since June 2018 and are supposed to be paid on an hourly basis.

Paul alleges he had suffered serious wage reduction due to the waste management company policy of deducting 30 minutes a day for meal breaks from “on the clock” hours of its drivers. He alleges workers were routinely forced to work through their meal breaks.

Along with being forced to work through his meal breaks, Paul says he was either clocked out by his supervisor or was told to clock out by his supervisor anytime he had approached 60 hours in a given work week. After Paul was allegedly forced to clock out, he says he was then forced to perform inspections before and after routes without compensation for “off the clock” work.

Paul ultimately alleges that he and other class members had been denied compensation for overtime and other benefits guaranteed under federal labor laws, which eventually spurred this class action wage and hour lawsuit against the waste management company.

Overall, Paul alleges Nation Waste had deducted at least two and a half hours of each five day workweek’s total “on-the-clock” hours, and three hours from a six day work week.

Overview of Wage and Hour Policy

Under the Fair Labor and Standards Act (FLSA), non exempt employees are entitled to overtime compensation at 1.5 times their hourly rate after reaching 40 hours in a single workweek.

In addition, some states like California require companies to provide non exempt employees 30 minute meal breaks every five hours and a 10 minute rest period every four hours. If an employee is forced to work through their meal breaks, their employer must compensate them an extra hour of pay onto their paycheck.

Furthermore, the FLSA prohibits companies from making their employees work “off-the-clock” to prevent their work hours from going up. Paul alleges he and other Class Members had been denied compensation for overtime due to these constant wage reductions, and had been routinely forced to work through their meal breaks.

The wage and hour lawsuit is seeking damages for all missing wages, along with other relevant damages. This Class Action Wage and Hour Lawsuit is Case No. 4:18-cv-04476, in the U.S. District Court of Southern Texas, Houston Division.