Former Employee Claims United Rentals Owes Unpaid Wages for Denied Meal Breaks

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A former employee of United Rentals (North America), Inc. has filed suit against the company over claims that it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and Washington state law. According to the complaint, the plaintiff worked at one of the defendant’s rental locations as a non-exempt, hourly employee between February 2002 and December 2016. He says he regularly worked 10 hours per day, five days per week without receiving overtime pay for the hours he worked above 40 each week. Additionally, the defendant allegedly denied its employees a daily 30-minute meal break since they typically worked alone at each store and their breaks were interrupted by customers and supervisors. As a result, the suit argues, the plaintiff and similarly situated employees were not compensated for all their hours they spent working and are owed minimum/overtime wages.