Miami Auto Max Sued for Allegedly Underpaying Employees

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Miami Auto Max, Inc. (which does business as Car Depot of Miami and Car Depot of Miramar) and an individual owner are on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit that claims they failed to pay their employees the required minimum wage. According to the suit, employees are paid only in commissions they earn through selling vehicles, or, “if greater, they are provided a variable draw of either a flat $400.00, or some other amount calculated as a function of approximate hours logged or worked.” Employees who received these “draws” were considered to be “in the hole” and were forced to pay back the money they received from their employer through commissions earned in future pay periods, the complaint claims. As a result, many employees allegedly worked more hours than they were scheduled to work in order to avoid owing the defendant for not earning enough in commissions; consequently, they were not paid the full minimum wage for each hour worked, according to the suit.