Workers in a Waste Pro overtime class action lawsuit claim that the company did not pay them sufficiently for overtime, and that the company committed a number of other wage and hour violations.

Waste Pro Overtime Class Action Lawsuit

In the Waste Pro overtime class action lawsuit, plaintiffs Alfred T., Edward A., and Dodd B. claimed that their employer, Waste Pro, violated wage and hour laws in a number of ways.

They sought to represent not only themselves, but all other non-exempt waste collection workers, including “Helpers” and “Drivers,” who were affected by Waste Pro’s allegedly unlawful overtime pay policies.

The employees seek compensation for themselves and all other similarly affected Waste Pro employees who worked with the company between Sept. 25, 2014 and the date on which the final judgement is given on the Waste Pro overtime class action lawsuit.

According to the three workers in the Waste Pro overtime class action lawsuit, Waste Pro violated the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 by failing to pay collection workers the legally required amount of overtime compensation “in an amount required by law for all hours worked over forty in a workweek.”

The three workers argue that they and all class members are entitled to the overtime wages that the company allegedly failed to pay them. Allegedly, at the time when Alfred, Edward, and Dodd field the Waste Pro overtime class action lawsuit, the company was still engaging in unlawful overtime wage practices.

Other Waste Management Overtime Class Action Lawsuits

Waste Pro is not the only waste management company to have faced an overtime lawsuit. One worker for Waste Management Inc. claimed that he regularly worked overtime for the company, but was not sufficiently compensated for those hours. He also claimed that his pay was deducted for meal breaks that he did not take.

Another overtime lawsuit against the same company, Waste Management, claims that the company did not compensate him for off-the-clock work.

He says that this unpaid work involved a number of tasks, including prepping for meetings. He says that he was required to perform certain tasks before morning meetings like preparing equipment for the day, changing work orders, reviewing paperwork and manifests and finalizing the day’s routes.

He claims that he was not paid for this work, and for other work that was required but performed outside of on-the-clock hours.

Around the country, workers have filed lawsuits against waste disposal companies that they believe are not sufficiently compensating them for their work. Workers have challenged companies’ wage and hour policies in a number of ways. Workers have filed lawsuits against waste disposal companies over the following issues:

• off-the-clock work
• miscalculating overtime rates
• miscalculating sick pay
• miscalculating day rates
• deducting pay for meal breaks that the worker never took

Filing a lawsuit against a waste disposal company is a way for workers to stand up to unethical company policies and to possibly receive compensation for lost wages.

If you work for a waste disposal company and you believe that your company miscalculated your hours, did not pay overtime, or did not pay sufficiently for meal breaks, you may have a legal claim.

The Waste Pro Overtime Class Action Lawsuit is Case No. 8:17-cv-02254-CEH-TBM, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.