PITTSBURGH - A staffing agency based in Pennsylvania faces a Pittsburgh class action lawsuit from workers in Colorado who say they weren't paid enough.
Andrew Griffis sued Compliance Staffing Agency, LLC, also known as Jennmar Services, on Jan. 25 in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff accuses the staffing agency of not paying its hourly workers in Colorado for all their hours worked.
The complaint alleges that Jennmar only pays its employees based on the hours billed to its clients, regardless of the actual hours worked by the employees. This practice reportedly forces workers to work "off the clock" before and after their scheduled shifts without compensation.
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Griffis claims that this "billable pay scheme" violates the Colorado Wage Laws by denying him and other hourly workers their overtime wages for all overtime hours worked. He seeks unpaid wages and other damages under the Colorado Wage Claim Act and the Colorado Minimum Wage Act.
The plaintiff's legal representation includes Joshua P. Geist and William F. Goodrich from Goodrich & Geist PC; Michael A. Josephson, Andrew W. Dunlap, and William M. Hogg from Josephson Dunlap LLP; and Richard J. (Rex) Burch from Bruckner Burch PLLC.