NEW YORK, June 08, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie received an order conditionally certifying class of non-exempt maintenance or service employees working at AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (“AvalonBay”) facilities located in New York State between October 2009 and the present and were not properly compensated for overtime they worked. The Complaint filed in the Action asserts claims against AvalonBay for unpaid overtime compensation in violation of the FLSA and the NYLL. The FLSA overtime claims are brought as a putative collective action, and the NYLL claims as a putative class action on behalf of all “[c]urrent and former non-exempt employees of Defendant who perform or performed work in any of Defendant’s locations in excess of forty (40) hours which was classified as ‘Non-Productive Hours.’” Plaintiffs claim that Defendants treated the putative collective action and class action members similarly through their “practice” of “requiring them to work in excess of forty (40) hours per work week without adequate overtime compensation for all hours worked including ‘non-productive hours.’”
If you have been employed by AvalonBay at any time between October 2009 and the present, and wish to obtain additional information regarding the lawsuit or conditional certification of the New York Class, please visit us at www.hrsclaw.com, or contact either Frank R. Schirripa, Esq. via e-mail at fschirripa@hrsclaw.com or Daniel Rehns at drehns@hrsclaw.com, or you can reach us by telephone at (212) 213-8311.