Suit filed against Navy Federal Credit Union claims ‘off-the-clock’ work went unpaid
A member services representative filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday in Las Vegas that accuses Navy Federal Credit Union of failing to compensate him and other employees for “off-the-clock work.”
The complaint was filed by Clark County resident Anthony Lee, who has worked as a member services representative for nearly six years. According to the document, the credit union’s job description for member services representatives states that the position is not exempt from overtime.
Lee alleges the credit union maintained a corporate policy that forced non-exempt employees to work “off the clock” both before and after their shifts.
According to his lawsuit, requiring member services representatives “to work ‘off the clock’ is part of a company-wide practice to deter overtime and thus decrease all of its non-exempt employees’ compensation throughout the United States.”
A Navy Federal spokesman released the following statement Wednesday:
“The fair treatment and well-being of our employees is of utmost importance to us. As such, we take this claim very seriously and are looking into it.”
According to his lawsuit, Lee and “all others similarly situated” worked an average of 30 to 45 minutes “off the clock” each shift.
Cogburn Law Offices filed the case as a collective action, a type of class action. The potential class has more than 500 members, according to the lawsuit, which alleges the credit union violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay Lee and others overtime when they worked more than 40 hours in a week.
It is the latest in a series of overtime cases that the Cogburn firm has filed in recent months. The firm has similar cases pending against Circle K Stores Inc. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
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