Boxed In: Thompson & Sons Moving and Storage Facing FLSA Lawsuit

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A proposed class action alleges defendants Thompson & Sons Moving and Storage, Inc. and two individuals with managing and operational control over the business violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay proper wages. Filed by a former employee, the complaint alleges he and others responsible for loading and driving box trucks within Florida regularly worked more than 40 hours per week without being paid at the time-and-a-half hourly premium for that over-40 work time. Instead of time-and-a-half, the plaintiff claims the defendants paid workers a regular $12-an-hour rate.

The lawsuit specifically claims the plaintiff and proposed class participants, during a roughly 16-week period between September 2016 and January 2017, worked between 50 and 70 hours without overtime pay.