LA Fitness Wage and Hour Lawsuit Filed Alleging Labor Law Violations

An LA Fitness wage and hour lawsuit has been recently filed by a former employee on behalf of himself and all those similarly situated alleging the popular fitness center of violating federal and state wage and labor laws.

Plaintiff Maurice P. filed the LA Fitness wage and hour lawsuit in New York federal court. The lawsuit was filed on May 7, 2018.

According to the LA Fitness wage and hour lawsuit, Maurice is a citizen and resident of Bronx, N.Y. He says that throughout his employment with LA Fitness he was a covered as a non-exempt employee, who worked for the company as a sales associate at the Bronx location. His responsibilities included timekeeping, payroll, and other obligations and employment practices. He says he worked for LA Fitness Sept. 15, 2017 through Nov. 1, 2017.

He says that while his shifts were scheduled between 11:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m., he routinely was required to work through his lunch break. This resulted in him working a minimum of a 9-hour day, allegedly in violation of state and federal labor laws without the payment of overtime.

He also says that he would need to stay past his shift at 8:00 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. when he would be working with clients. He says that he was never compensated for the additional hour, according to wage and labor requirements.

According to the LA Fitness wage and hour lawsuit, while Maurice “received wage statements accompanying his paychecks, these wage statements did not accurately reflect all hours worked by… [Maurice], instead limiting his shifts to 8 hours per shift, when he worked well in excess of 8 hours per shift.”

The LA Fitness wage and hour lawsuit was filed on multiple counts including violations of New York Labor Laws. LA Fitness is also being alleged to have violated the New York “Spread of Hours Law,” according to the LA Fitness wage and hour lawsuit.

Maurice demands a trial by jury.

Overview: Filing a Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit

According to the Department of Labor (DOL), “[t]he FLSA establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and Local governments.”

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), protects workers against minimum wage and overtime hour violations. Employees who believe that they have been wronged and improperly paid over-time pay or minimum wage have the right to file a wage and hour lawsuit for violations of state and federal labor laws.

Additionally, filing a wage and hour class action lawsuit can help and benefit an employee in several ways. For one, filing a collective action against an employer for state and federal labor law violations can help save time and money. This is particularly the case if there are strong wage and hour violation claims against an employer. Moreover, a settlement with an employer may be settled quickly, rather than have the case be drawn out in a drawn-out-court battle.

The LA Fitness Wage and Hour Lawsuit is Case No. 1:18-cv-04091-JMF in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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