Class Action Takes Issue with Martin Transport’s Alleged Refusal to Pay Dispatchers Overtime

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Martin Transport, Inc. finds itself on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the company’s pay policies violate the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In particular, the case alleges the defendant misclassified its dispatchers as exempt from receiving overtime pay when they should have been entitled to premium wages for the hours they worked above 40 each week. The plaintiff claims he worked for the company as a dispatcher between September 2013 and June 2017 and was primarily responsible for sending drivers their assignments, communicating between drivers and other company employees, and “performing other rote and ministerial duties.”

The plaintiff says he was paid a salary that didn’t include premium overtime pay despite his job duties not falling under any FLSA exemptions. According to the complaint, the defendant “has acted willfully or with reckless disregard in failing to pay Plaintiff and Potential Plaintiffs in accordance with the law.”