Wage and hour lawsuits overview:
- Who: An hourly worker filed a class action lawsuit against The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Pizza Hut, Campbell’s and 7-Eleven face similar lawsuits.
- Why: The lawsuit claims Goodyear denied required breaks and shorted workers on wages owed under Washington law.
- Where: The Goodyear class action lawsuit was filed in Washington state court; the other three were filed in federal courts in Kansas, New Jersey and Texas.
A new class action lawsuit accuses The Goodyear Tire & Rubber of shorting hourly workers in Washington state on wages they were legally owed.
An hourly, non-exempt Goodyear worker filed the lawsuit on July 28, claiming the company denied required meal and rest breaks and failed to pay wages due for time worked off the clock.
According to the class action lawsuit, employees regularly worked more than three hours without a paid rest period and more than five without a meal break, often staying on call during off-duty time. Workers also performed unpaid tasks before clocking in, after meal periods and after shifts ended, pushing many workweeks past 40 hours without proper overtime pay.
“Defendants rounded the work time recorded by plaintiff and class members in a manner that was not fair and neutral on its face and/or that favored defendants over time,” the Goodyear class action lawsuit says.
The complaint further claims Goodyear failed to allow paid sick leave, issued incomplete wage statements and did not reimburse required expenses.
The proposed class covers hourly, non-exempt Goodyear employees who worked in Washington within three years of filing.
Pizza Hut, Campbell’s and 7-Eleven face similar wage and hour claims
The Goodyear class action lawsuit is one of several recent wage and hour lawsuits filed against major employers.
A proposed class and collective action accuses Pizza Hut franchise operators of reimbursing drivers a flat $1.65 per delivery while paying $7.25 an hour, leaving drivers earning below minimum wage after costs, the lawsuit claims.
A separate class and collective action against Campbell’s and staffing agency CorTech claims contingent workers were told to record no more than 40 hours weekly despite working 50 to 55, and that the timekeeping system blocked entry of overtime hours.
Meanwhile, a collective action against 7-Eleven alleges the chain required unpaid training sessions, some lasting six hours, that pushed pay below minimum wage and cut into overtime owed.
In similar disputes, FedEx, Kroger, UPS and Home Depot are facing unpaid wages lawsuits accusing the companies of failing to pay employees for mandatory security screenings.
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The Goodyear plaintiff is represented by Joanna Ghosh and Albert H. Kirby of Lawyers for Justice P.C.; the Pizza Hut plaintiff by Michael F. Brady of Brady & Associates and Andrew R. Biller, Andrew P. Kimble, Laura E. Farmwald and Emily A. Hubbard of Biller & Kimble LLC; the Campbell’s plaintiff by Kenneth B. Fromson of Finkelstein & Partners LLP and D. Greg Blankinship and Jeremiah Frei-Pearson of Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber LLP; and the 7-Eleven plaintiffs by J. Forester and Matthew R. McCarley of Forester Haynie PLLC.
The Goodyear class action lawsuit is Case No. 26-2-24258-5 KNT, in the Superior Court of the State of Washington for King County. The Pizza Hut wage and hour lawsuit is Case No. 26-2443, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. The Campbell’s wage and hour lawsuit is Case No. 1:26-cv-09799, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The 7-Eleven wage and hour lawsuit is Case No. 3:26-CV-2576, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
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