Former Gateway Group One Employees File Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit

An unpaid wages class action lawsuit was filed recently against a building services, security and customer services business based in Newark, N.J. and operating in New York and New Jersey.

Plaintiff James C., one of the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Gateway Frontline Services Inc. and Gateway Security Inc. doing business as Gateway Group One, was employed full-time by the joint-venture company between the years of 2011 and 2016. James is a resident of Queens County, N.Y., as are 30 of the 51 plaintiffs bringing this case to court in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York.

The plaintiffs are filing this unpaid wages class action lawsuit against Gateway Group One, a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey contractor, of failing to notify both upon employment and subsequently of hourly wage amount, failing to pay overtime rate in excess of 40 hours per week, and failing to pay in a timely fashion.

According to the plaintiffs, Gateway Group One never released proper information as to where their main office or principal place of business was located. Pay stubs contained inadequate information, making it difficult to track hourly wage times hours worked and taxes paid. All of the above accusations were in strict violation of New York labor law.

Employer Accused of Pressuring Plaintiffs to Work Off the Clock

James and the other 50 plaintiffs involved in this unpaid wages class action lawsuit state that they were expected as part of their employ in various capacities as taxi dispatchers, assistant taxi dispatchers, general laborers, and building cleaning and maintenance roles to attend daily roll call meetings a half an hour before their scheduled shifts. This meeting time was never acknowledged as “on the clock” by Gateway, the plaintiffs claim.

In addition to the above, the former employees also allege that they were frequently required to work through their respective mid-shift meal times, although the company used an automatic system to deduct this time from their paid wages. No compensation was ever forthcoming when work was required during what was supposed to be a significant break, according to the plaintiffs.

James and the other plaintiffs claim in this unpaid wages class action lawsuit that Gateway also frequently expected them as employees to stay late beyond the parameters of their shift. Employees were allegedly pressured to put in additional time off the clock and were told to note on their timecards the time they were “supposed to be off.”

The reasons given for the extra time might be because a relieving employee didn’t show or workload was high. But compensation for the extra effort never showed in paychecks, the employees claim.

Former Employees Seek Damages

The fifty-one plaintiffs filed this lawsuit the last week in April 2017 and are requesting trial by jury. They desire to be reimbursed on all attorney’s fees and charges and feel entitled to complete compensation for all lost and late wages. They are seeking compensatory, statutory, and liquidated damages.

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