Woman Files Hertz Overtime Lawsuit Over Failure to Pay Overtime Wages

A former manager associated with car rental company Hertz has filed a Hertz overtime lawsuit against her previous employer.

The Hertz overtime lawsuit alleges that plaintiff Brianne G. was forced to work off the clock without overtime pay in order to keep her job. Brianne alleges that Hertz “willfully refused to pay overtime wages,” violating the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, the Hertz overtime lawsuit argues.

This Hertz overtime lawsuit is not the only such lawsuit against major car rental companies. Indeed, other well-known companies like Hertz and countless major retail chains have been hit with similar lawsuits over the last decade or so.

According to court records, the plaintiff herself had previously filed an overtime lawsuit against Enterprise Holdings for denying overtime pay. That claim, filed in September 2013 in a federal court in Tampa, was dismissed just two months after initial filing. Enterprise Holdings is the parent company of several car rental companies, including Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental, and Alamo Rent a Car.

This rise in allegations like the Hertz overtime lawsuit, claiming that companies stiffed employees out of overtime pay, is supposedly a response to companies attempting to get more work done by fewer employees.

While Hertz has not filed an answer to Brianne’s Hertz overtime lawsuit in court, a spokesperson did say that “Hertz is committed to paying our people for the time they work in compliance with applicable laws,” reported news-press.com.

The spokesperson, Beth Davis, said that this Hertz overtime lawsuit is not unprecedented, adding that, “Like any company with a large base of hourly employees, we receive lawsuits regarding pay from time to time. We deal with each on its own merits, and over the past 15-plus years, none have resulted in an adverse judgment at trial.”

Brianne’s Hertz overtime lawsuit may soon inspire similar lawsuits to be filed. According to the plaintiff’s Tampa-based attorney Mitchell Feldman, cases like this that move ahead may result in a class action. Class actions usually result in settlements, with the reward divided among Class Members. For some companies, settling a class action lawsuit can cost them millions in award money—even more likely when class membership reaches hundreds or thousands of individual plaintiffs.

Class Action Overtime Lawsuits

When employees realize that they are suffering from wage and hour violations like failure to pay overtime, some choose to pursue litigation like this Hertz overtime lawsuit.

Unfortunately, many workers across the country do not know the protections that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) offers, which can lead to employers taking advantage of them, in some cases requiring unpaid overtime work despite the illegality of doing so.

Some workers may find themselves unable to file wage and hour complaints like this Hertz overtime lawsuit because they are not aware of FLSA rules. Other workers may be afraid that their employers will retaliate if they speak up about FLSA violations like unpaid overtime. However, to protect workers who help to enforce FLSA rules, laws also exist to protect workers from discrimination based on wage and hour complaints.

If you have worked for an employer like Hertz that may have failed to adequately follow the Fair Labor Standards Act or state labor laws, such as unpaid overtime requirements, you may be able to either join a wage and hour class action lawsuit or file a suit of your own.

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