Top Class Actions  |  July 22, 2020

Category: Closed Class Actions

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Allied security guard

A settlement site is available for Allied Universal Security guards who were required to perform mandatory unpaid job duties.

Employees assert that this was a violation of wage and hour law. Now, they seek at least double their unpaid wages in a collective action lawsuit.

A Universal Protection Services collective action website invites any potential Class Members to join the lawsuit. The site explains that potential Class Members include any hourly security guard employee of Universal Protection Service (Allied Universal Security Services) who worked for the company on or after April 17, 2017. A notice was sent out to potential Class Members on June 26, 2020.

The Allied security guards filed their wage and hour collective action lawsuit against their employer asserting that Universal Protection Services violated the Fair Labor Standards Act. They explain that the law sets forth overtime and minimum wage provisions, and state that their employer’s requirement that security guards perform off-the-clock work violated these stipulations.

The Allied security guards also note that federal law requires employees to maintain accurate and detailed payroll information for those employees categorized as non-exempt from overtime. According to the security guards, they fell into this category. However, because Universal Protection Services did not record time worked before and after a schedule shift, the workers argue that they did not keep accurate records of all time worked.

The Allied Security Services wage and hour violation collective action lawsuit seeks to represent employees around the country. However, the Allied security guards do make specific allegations regarding California law as well as federal law. Allegedly, California law requires employees to pay an overtime rate that is one and a half the amount of regular pay for all hours worked over forty in a given week, or eight per day.

Allegedly, the Allied security guards regularly worked more than eight hours a day and more than forty hours per week. Nonetheless, the company did not pay the security guards for all hours worked. 

The Court has not yet decided any liability in the Universal Protection Services wage and hour collective action, and no settlement has been reached between parties. This means that no benefits are available yet. 

Individuals must actively opt into the lawsuit to join the collective action, and receive any benefits should they be recovered either from a settlement or a successful judgement. The settlement website explains that to be part of the class, individuals must opt into the class by Sept. 23, 2020. 

Consent forms to be part of the class can either be mailed in or submitted online. A PSA ID is required to submit a claim online. The website provides a feature for those wondering if they are eligible to be a member of the class. The “Claim Verification” feature invites potential Class Members to input their name, email address, or phone number, so that they can get their ID number.

Who’s Eligible

A Universal Protection Services collective action website invites any potential Class Members to join the lawsuit. The site explains that potential Class Members include any hourly security guard employee of Universal Protection Service (Allied Universal Security Services) who worked for the company on or after April 17, 2017. A notice was sent out to potential Class Members on June 26, 2020.

Potential Award

The Court has not yet decided any liability in the Universal Protection Services wage and hour collective action, and no settlement has been reached between parties. This means that no benefits are available yet. 

Proof of Purchase

A PSA ID is required to submit a claim online. The website provides a feature for those wondering if they are eligible to be a member of the class. The “Claim Verification” feature invites potential Class Members to input their name, email address, or phone number, so that they can get their ID number. 

Claim Form

NOTE: If you do not qualify for this settlement do NOT file a claim.

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Opt In Deadline

9/23/2020

Case Name

Reginald Moore, et al. v. Universal Protection Services LP d/b/a Allied Universal Security Services, Case No. 5:19-cv-02124-JGB-SP, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Final Hearing

TBD

Settlement Website
Claims Administrator

Phoenix Class Action Administration Solutions
PO Box 7408
Orange, CA, 92863
(713) 621-2686

Class Counsel

Todd Slobin
Ricardo J. Prieto
Melinda Arbuckle
SHELLIST | LAZARAZ | SLOBIN LLP

Defense Counsel

Unlisted

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40 thoughts onAllied Security Guards Collective Action Settlement

  1. Dimes says:

    Had any sent in they w9 and received anything yet?

  2. Lymesha says:

    Well I got a check for 19 dollars out of this lawsuit o works from June to December 2019 so how did I receive a 19 dollar check guess they took all the money

  3. Ruth Dixon says:

    As I read your comments, you should be filing a petition against these states and their governors. Force these agencies to work for the people, instead of having news conferences and staging campaigns.
    Why are all these security companies still licensed. Believe me., if it was not for poor people, there would not be any rich people……

  4. Maricel R says:

    I worked with Allied Barton Security Services back on December 1, 2006 till FJC/Allied Universal Security Services took over on July 1, 2014. A Year late got sick and need emergency Surgery but returned on February 19, 2020 as a rehire a month later Covid-19 hit and was promised hazard pay never got it. It took me 2 years to get unemployment benefits for the time the building was closed from 4/17/2020-6/22/2022. What I don’t understand I didn’t choose to leave cause I wanted too they could start me off where I left off at 18.85 an hour but had come back and start at 15.50 an hour I left on August 12, 2022 was my last day working for them. I started at a different job with a decent treatment.

  5. Stanley Jones says:

    All of you are correct. I’m still waiting to get paid also. But I was good with what they were doing because I retired from a Delaware jail with a pension so I was good. But like many of you I got stuck at work also. Didn’t matter to me because I was a workaholoic anyway. Now these companies can’t get any employees. They dug their own hole and now they must pay. Allied we are not going anywhere. You will pay up.

  6. allied security says:

    Amazing write up! Thanks for this post

  7. Allied int security says:

    Very interesting stuff to read.

  8. Ive R says:

    I was removed from a site and they called me the next morning and said I cannot go back to the site so at the last minute they told me I can’t work at the site anymore then they promised me another site and I was waiting almost a whole month without them getting me a site and they were asked for me to go a half hour early just to get prepared for the post but may be worth a half hourAnd only paid me for the hours that I’m supposed to be scheduled then they didn’t give me a lunch hour so I had to eat at my post sometimes never ate lunch at all and in some of my shifts

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