INDIANAPOLIS IN January 18 2024 — The U.S. Department of Labor has cited an Indianapolis-based security company for violating federal wage laws following a WRTV Investigation that raised questions about their business practices. The U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday it found Protection Plus failed to pay guards overtime at time and one-half their regular rate […]
Rotterdam NY October 9 2023 Security guards staffing the Capital Region hotels housing migrants say they’ve been shorted pay, hours and money for their own housing after DocGo, the company handling the transport and housing of the migrants, brought in a new security company to oversee the shelters. That switch in security followed a state investigation […]
Edwardsville IL June 14, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges Securitas Security Services has failed to properly pay more than 150 employees at the end of their employment. Plaintiff Joseph C. Pipkin filed a class action lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. for unpaid wages. According to the lawsuit, […]
East Orange NJ June 7, 2023 A New Jersey security company has been ordered to pay $132,000 in back wages and damages for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Hilton Investigations Inc. of East Orange misclassified their employees as independent contractors and failed to pay them any overtime premiums. […]
Philadelphia PA March 17 2023 Paid time off that workers accumulate is not a part of their salary under U.S. wage law, meaning employers can take away paid leave when salaried workers do not meet productivity quotas, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday. A three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of […]
Oakland CA Jan 21 2023 Prosecutors in Alameda County have charged the owners of a Union City-based security company with stealing more than $800,000 in wages from their employees, authorities said Friday. The investigation, which began in December 2021, showed that the owners of Alfa Private Security, Inc., owed regular and overtime wages to 87 employees, […]
Cook County IL Jan 18, 2023 Target fails to compensate workers at its Illinois distribution centers for their time — and overtime — spent going through security screenings prior to clocking in and out of work, a new class action lawsuit alleges. Plaintiff Luis Cortez claims Target’s alleged failure to compensate workers for their […]