Class Action Lawsuit Against Suit-Kote Corporation for Failing to Pay Its Employees Prevailing Wages and Supplemental Benefits on Public Projects
The lawsuit, filed on May 14, 2013 in Cortland County Supreme Court, alleges that Suit-Kote failed to pay its workers prevailing wages, mandatory supplemental benefits, and overtime required by law.
ALBANY, NY, May 19, 2013
The action is brought on behalf of Plaintiff Andrew G. Vandee and members of a putative class consisting of all non-exempt employees who performed work for defendant Suit-Kote on Public Works Projects over the past six years. The estimated size of the class is 700 members.The class action lawsuit alleges that defendant Suit-Kote persistently failed to pay supplemental benefits in addition to prevailing wages required by law. The class action lawsuit also claims that Suit-Kote failed to pay the Plaintiff and other employees at a rate of time and one-half of their hourly regular rate of pay when they performed work in excess of eight (8) hours in a day or worked more than 5 days in a given week as required by New York Law. In particular, when employees worked more than 8 hours in a day, it is alleged that it was a common practice for Suit-Kote to pay overtime, but, to pay the overtime on job classifications such as travel time, laborer, or journeyman, even though the actual work performed after the eighth hour of work should have been paid at a much higher rate of pay. It is also alleged that defendant Suit-Kote persistently and repeatedly refused to compensate employees fully for travel time.
The case is being prosecuted by Hacker Murphy, LLP, an Albany, NY based litigation firm. For more information please contact Hacker Murphy, LLP at classaction@hackermurphy.com or at (800)213-3843.