FL Dunkin’ Donuts Operator Hit with Unpaid Overtime Lawsuit

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Surfside Coffee Company, LLC, which, with nearly 70 stores under its oversight, operates the largest Dunkin’ Donuts franchise network in Florida, and its owner are the defendants in a proposed class action filed by three plaintiffs who claim they’re owed unpaid overtime wages. The plaintiffs, who filed the suit on behalf of current and former retail store-level managerial employees, allege their job titles weren’t entirely representative of their actual day-to-day work tasks, which the lawsuit claims were very similar to those of non-managerial employees.

According to the case, the defendants employed proposed class members “under the title and auspices” of store managers as a means to (improperly) classify the workers as exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

“In fact, [the plaintiffs], and those current and former employees similarly situated to [the plaintiffs], are and were inappropriately and improperly classified as exempt employees, inasmuch as at no time material hereto did they have management as their primary duty,” the case alleges.