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Employee class action lawsuits overview:
- Who: Class action lawsuits were filed against Boston Market, Wayfair, Pepsi, Citi Trends, Chewy, SiriusXM and Twitter last month.
- Why: The complaints revolved around issues such as pay, biometric data collection and a data breach.
- Where: Nationwide.
A number of class action lawsuits were filed last month by American workers targeting their employers over claims revolving around wages, biometric data collection, and a data breach.
An employee may choose to file a class action lawsuit against their employer if they believe the company has committed misconduct against themselves and others who work for them.
Boston Market failed to pay legal minimum wage at Arizona restaurants, class action alleges
A class action lawsuit was filed against Boston Market late last month over claims the chain failed to pay workers at its Arizona restaurants a legal minimum wage and overtime pay.
Boston Market is accused of paying workers at its Arizona locations either late or not at all, in an alleged violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Arizona Minimum Wage Act.
“Defendants’ failure to compensate Plaintiff and all similarly-situated employees at a rate equal to Arizona’s required minimum wage violates (Arizona Revised Statutes),” the Boston Market class action states.
Wayfair allegedly fails to pay customer service reps for time spent logging into programs needed to do job
A trio of former workers filed a class action lawsuit against Wayfair last month, arguing the online furniture company failed to lawfully pay its customer service representatives.
Wayfair is accused of violating the FLSA by allegedly not paying its customer service representatives for time spent before their shift logging into computer programs that were necessary to their job function.
The group argues Wayfair instructed them to exclude their time spent logging into the necessary programs — which can allegedly take more than 30 minutes to do — from their clock-in time.
Pepsi accused of collecting workers’ voiceprints without consent, in violation of biometric privacy law
A former Pepsi employee filed a class action lawsuit against the company in July, arguing the food company violated biometric privacy law in Illinois by allegedly collecting workers’ voiceprints without having the required consent to do so.
Pepsi is accused of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) with its alleged collection and use of voiceprints obtained from thousands of individuals employed as “pickers” in company warehouses.
“By collecting Plaintiff’s unique biometrics without his consent, written or otherwise, Defendant invaded Plaintiff’s statutorily protected right to privacy in his biometrics and violated BIPA,” the Pepsi class action states.
Citi Trends failed to safeguard current, former workers’ personally identifiable information, class action says
Citi Trends was hit last month with a class action lawsuit that claims the company left the personally identifiable information of its current and former employees vulnerable to becoming exposed in a data breach.
Citi Trends is accused of failing to safeguard the employee data by allegedly not encrypting or redacting it, which ultimately left it vulnerable to becoming compromised during a data breach discovered in January.
The individual behind the complaint argues Citi Trends — an American retail clothing chain — should have known that the personally identifiable information of its workers would be a target for cybercriminals.
Chewy allegedly fails to compensate customer service reps for the entirety of required work
Chewy is facing a class action lawsuit filed in July over claims the company breaks the law by allegedly requiring its customer service representatives at three U.S. call centers to work for around seven minutes without pay each day.
Chewy is accused of having policies in place that require its call center employees to complete work they are not compensated for, such as when they log into their computers at the beginning of the workday, among other things.
SiriusXM deprived customer service reps of around 25 minutes of pay per workday, class action alleges
SiriusXM is facing a class action lawsuit filed against it last month over claims the broadcasting corporation failed to pay customer service reps for their time spent logging into programs that are necessary to do their job.
SiriusXM is accused of depriving its customer service workers of about 25 minutes of pay each day on account of the extra work they allegedly must do before and after their shifts.
The individual behind the complaint argues SiriusXM customer service representatives were required to arrive 15 minutes before their shifts to ensure they would be ready to start working as soon as their workday officially started.
Twitter allegedly goes back on promise to pay severance to employees who resigned following Musk takeover
Twitter — now called X — and its owner, Elon Musk, face a class action lawsuit filed last month over claims the company failed to pay its former employees severance, as allegedly promised in a dispute resolution agreement.
Twitter and Musk laid off, fired or orchestrated the resignations of nearly 5,000 Twitter workers after the SpaceX founder took over the company in October 2022, according to the Twitter class action.
The company is accused of using the employee resignations as an excuse to claim they were not obligated to pay severance packages estimated to be worth nine figures in total.
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4 thoughts onEmployee class action lawsuits accuse companies of pay violations, more
I work for a limo company. I drive their vehicles. Vehicle does not want to start on my driveway early morning,now my manager wants me to pay for towing cost. BS!!!
Airbnb has consistently and repeatedly failed to pay hundreds of contractors on time, in full or at all as per terms set forth in their contracts. Finding legal representation is a nightmare in various states and a dead end road due to the size of their operations and contractors limitations of resources on these contractors especially after years of nonpayment. The blatant disregard of legal liability is out of hand and harmful but keeps happening and will continue without someone willing to step in and assist. There are certainly enough cases to be a class action!
Trugreen robs us of about an hour a shift. We have to do vehicle checks and product loafing before we clock in. Takes about an hour.
During the pandemic while working from home programs on laptops needs to updated. Employer asked us to turn laptops on during unscheduled working and didn’t compensate for year and half later. I mentioned that this affected pay increase. Bonuses and I feel they didn’t compensate correctly. They just gave a few dollars and later contacted other employees and asked for them not to mention this