Brooks Automation, Inc. Facing Suit from Recently Reclassified Field Service Engineers

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Brooks Automation, Inc. has been hit with a proposed collective action alleging it broke the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as well as Pennsylvania wage laws. The suit claims the company “willingly refused” to pay its field service engineers overtime wages when they worked more than 40 hours per week until the beginning of April 2017 when the company reclassified these workers as non-exempt. (According to the suit, the plaintiff – as well as those eligible to opt in to the suit – did not have advanced engineering degrees and learned their trade by experience rather than specialized instruction – meaning they should be paid time-and-a-half when working overtime.)

The suit says the defendant also failed to pay the plaintiff for accrued vacation and “withheld compensation in the form of a regular contribution to Named Plaintiff’s 401(k) account.” Allegedly, Brooks Automation, Inc. also failed to post required employees’ rights posters in the office or provide any other mandatory notices to its employees.