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Court conditionally certified a FLSA collective action on behalf of field employees who worked overtime without proper compensation or were required to perform unpaid pre/post-shift work between July 2019 and present.
Kovalev v. A.G. Consulting Engineering, P.C.
What Happened
Field employees at A.G. Consulting Engineering claimed the company failed to pay them properly for overtime work. Workers also alleged they were required to perform unpaid tasks before and after their shifts. The complaints covered a period from July 2019 onwards.
What the Court Decided
The court agreed to conditionally certify a collective action, meaning it allowed multiple workers with similar complaints to join together in one lawsuit rather than filing individually. This decision suggests the court found the workers' claims had enough in common to proceed as a group case.
Why This Matters for Workers
This ruling opens the door for potentially dozens of field employees to seek compensation together. When workers join collective actions, they share legal costs and increase their bargaining power against employers. The conditional certification means the case will move forward, giving affected workers a realistic chance to recover unpaid wages for overtime and unpaid work time—money the company may have owed them all along.
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