Minimum Wage Violations and Overtime

On February 8, 2016, Dunham & Jones P.C. filed suit in Federal Court in San Antonio, Texas against The GEO Group, Inc. on behalf of former licensed vocational nurse, Elizabeth Waggoner, alleging both minimum wage and overtime violations.

The GEO Group, Inc., formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, is the nation’s second largest for-profit prison operator. For more information on The GEO Group, Inc., see this article from NPR: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134852256/what-is-geo-group.

Ms. Waggoner filed suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) for all unpaid overtime and minimum wages she accrued within the three-year period prior to the filing of the suit.

Ms. Waggoner alleges that while employed by the GEO Group, Inc., she was forced to work off the clock, without pay, during her lunch periods, even though she performed work during her lunch periods. If you have to clock out for lunch, yet you continue to perform work for your employer during your lunch, this is considered compensable time and you should be paid for such time.

If you or someone you know worked for the GEO Group, Inc. and were not paid overtime or were not paid for working through lunch, contact employment attorney Doug Welmaker at Dunham & Jones, PC, at 1-800-344-4444 today.

On November 17, 2015, Dunham & Jones P.C. filed suit in Federal Court in Pecos, Texas against R&J Technical Services, LLC, on behalf of former electrical service technician William Prassenos, alleging both minimum wage and overtime violations.

R & J Technical Services, LLC supplies electrical and technical service personnel to oil and gas rigs throughout Texas, Utah, New Mexico and North Dakota.

Mr. Prassenos filed suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) for all unpaid overtime hours worked within the three-year period prior to the filing of the suit.

Mr. Prassenos, who worked in and around Monahans, Texas, alleges that while he was paid overtime for a short period when he first began working for R&J, in an attempt to cut costs, R&J eliminated overtime payments not just for him but for other similarly situated employees.

If you or someone you know worked for R&J Technical Services, LLC, contact Doug Welmaker at Dunham & Jones, PC, at 1-800-344-4444 today.

If you or someone you know worked for R&J Technical Services, LLC, contact employment attorney Doug Welmaker at Dunham & Jones, PC, at 1-800-344-4444 today.

In Joshua Cunningham v. P3 Hospitality, LP the overtime lawyers from Dunham & Jones, P.C. have filed suit on June 5, 2014 against P3 Hospitality in Abilene, TX on the grounds that they denied Mr. Cunningham rightful minimum wages as well as overtime wages as stipulated by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA requires that employees be paid a minimum wage per hour worked and that they receive additional compensation for each hour they work over 40 per week. The lawsuit alleges that the Plaintiff is owed unpaid wages, penalties, attorney’s fees and costs.

If you or someone you know has worked for P3 Hospitality, LP and have a question about your entitlement to overtime, or think you may have a claim of your own contact overtime attorney Doug Welmaker at Dunham & Jones, at 1-800-344-4444 today.

On March 14, 2014, the employment attorneys at Dunham & Jones, P.C. filed suit in Federal Court in the Western District of Texas, Austin Division against Allied Electric Services, Inc., James Paul and Paige Paul, on behalf of former employee Delores Ann Overstreet, alleging both minimum wage and overtime violations.

Ms. Overstreet, who handled bookkeeping for Allied Electric Services, Inc., filed suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) alleging that she frequently worked more than 40 hours per week, but was never paid time and one half for these hours.

If you or someone you know worked for Allied Electric Services, Inc. and were wrongfully classified as an independent contractor, or have a question about your entitlement to overtime, contact Doug Welmaker at Dunham & Jones, P.C., at 1-800-344-4444 today.