Brewco Marketing Group Eyed in Employee Misclassification Lawsuit

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Mobile Marketing Solutions, Inc., which does business as event marketing and product sampling company Brewco Marketing Group, is alleged to have violated state and federal wage and hour laws by improperly classifying the plaintiff as an independent contractor rather than an employee. 

The plaintiff, who worked as a fabricator for the defendant for at least two years, claims he was misclassified by Kentucky-based Brewco Marketing Group as a means for the company to avoid its Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Kentucky Wage Statutes overtime pay obligations. The man claims he was paid a flat weekly rate regardless of the number of hours he worked until he was eventually reclassified as an hourly employee in 2016. Further, the case claims the plaintiff was forced to clock out for one unpaid hour for lunch breaks. On many occasions, the plaintiff claims, he and other workers were not able to take proper lunch breaks and were required or expected to continue working during this unpaid time.