Skywest Ramp Agent Class Action Lawsuit

Attorneys working with ClassAction.org are interested in speaking with current and former ramp agents of Skywest Airlines to learn more about the airline’s pay practices.

A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in California alleging that the airline is cheating workers out of the wages they’re owed – including overtime pay.

If you work or worked for Skywest as a ramp agent, we want to hear from you.

Lawsuit Alleges Scheme to Deny Ramp Agents Lawful Wages

According to the class action filed in California, Skywest is engaging in an “unlawful employment scheme” that denies the plaintiff and other ramp agents the wages to which they are entitled to by law.

Specifically, the case claims that the airline fails to fully compensate its ramp agents for each hour worked. This includes failing to pay overtime wages when a ramper works more than 40 hours a week – including instances in which they trade or pick up others’ shifts.

The problem, the suit claims, is that the ramp agents aren’t being paid for the actual amount of hours they work, but instead are “paid according to their scheduled shift.”

The suit claims, however, that the ramp agents can’t just “walk away from their work duties” when their shifts are over – meaning the ramp agents could be working well beyond the end of their shifts without ever being paid for this time.

To get paid for the overage, the workers allegedly have to submit written explanations for a supervisor’s approval detailing why the extra time was worked. The plaintiff in the lawsuit claims that his additional work time often went unapproved, meaning that the time he “had already worked was uncompensated and was not included when determining overtime hours,” the suit alleges.

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