GlobalTranz Enterprises, Three Married Couples Facing FLSA OT Lawsuit

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Four plaintiffs have filed a proposed collective action against GlobalTranz Enterprises and six individuals over alleged overtime wage violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Filed on behalf of workers currently or formerly employed as logistics specialists and carrier representatives, the case claims the corporate defendant and individuals, who are listed on the complaint as three married couples, unlawfully failed to pay proposed collective members proper time-and-a-half hourly overtime wages for all hours worked past 40 in a workweek. As in other lawsuits over ostensible overtime pay issues, the complaint argues the defendants intentionally misclassified proposed collective members as “exempt” from overtime pay under the FLSA.

The plaintiffs, who the complaint says were tasked with “cold-calling and emailing current and potential customers” to use GlobalTranz’s freight shipping services, claim their “straightforward inside sales tasks” required them to work a minimum of 45 hours per week, with additional time spent working from home outside of normal business hours.