Certified Construction Accused of Improper Pay Practices in Class Action Suit

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Two companies and an individual who operate Certified Construction are on the receiving end of a proposed collective action filed by a former construction worker who says the defendants failed to pay him proper time-and-a-half overtime wages.  

The plaintiff, according to the 16-page complaint, worked anywhere from 42 to 75 hours per week between January 2012 and December 2016. He claims he was, in 2012, allegedly paid $14.00 per hour for his straight-time hours and $16.00 for his overtime hours, rates which were both raised by $2.00 per hour the following year.

The suit further claims that when the plaintiff was required to work an extra four hours past his scheduled shift, he wasn’t paid for the additional time. The plaintiff also says the defendants never provided him with accurate wage statements that detailed the hours he worked and his pay rates. On top of that, the complaint alleges, the construction companies required him to purchase approximately $500 worth of tools for which he was never reimbursed.