{"id":3220,"date":"2021-07-15T13:08:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=3220"},"modified":"2021-07-15T13:08:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:08:24","slug":"janitors-settle-class-action-for-140m-in-owed-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/janitors-settle-class-action-for-140m-in-owed-wages\/","title":{"rendered":"Janitors Settle Class Action for $140M in Owed Wages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Janitors that worked for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/1401620\/abm-agrees-to-pay-140m-to-settle-long-running-wage-suit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABM Industries<\/a>,\u00a0a facility management company, are finally seeing a massive payout to resolve claims that they were owed significant wages.\u00a0The company\u00a0boasts\u00a0its expansive reach\u00a0worldwide\u00a0employing\u00a0more than 100,000 employees\u00a0that provide janitorial,\u00a0landscaping,\u00a0electrical\u00a0and\u00a0lighting,\u00a0and\u00a0energy solutions, among other services,\u00a0to properties of all sizes.\u00a0This $140 million settlement\u00a0will be distributed to\u00a050,000 janitors that worked for ABM between 2002 and 2013.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit specifically alleged that the company failed to&nbsp;properly&nbsp;keep accurate time records of the time&nbsp;janitorsspent working.&nbsp;The&nbsp;janitors&nbsp;claimed&nbsp;that ABM\u2019s timekeeping system&nbsp;violated California state labor law&nbsp;by only paying workers for&nbsp;a predetermined&nbsp;hourly quota system. Janitors ended up&nbsp;getting paid&nbsp;for&nbsp;assumed&nbsp;hoursit would take to complete particular job&nbsp;assignments and not&nbsp;their actual time&nbsp;spent on those jobs.&nbsp;This time keeping issues caused&nbsp;affected employees to be significantly underpaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABM is no stranger to alleged wage violations.\u00a0In 2017, the company\u00a0settled unpaid overtime claims for 7,000 security\u00a0guards for $5 million.\u00a0In 2020, they\u00a0also\u00a0resolved claims that they illicitly\u00a0withdrew too much\u00a0from\u00a0employees\u2019 paychecks\u00a0to put into a benefits fund.\u00a0Thesewage\u00a0violations\u00a0are unfortunately a commonplace in the\u00a0maintenance and facility\u00a0management\u00a0industry.\u00a0If you have experience working in similar job\u00a0functions and have questions about your pay, call our firm, Fitapelli &amp; Schaffer, LLP, for a free and confidential phone consultation at (212) 300-0375. You can also visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/Fslawfirm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> for additionalhelpful information regarding your rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nJanitors that worked for ABM Industries,\u00a0a facility management company, are finally seeing a massive payout to resolve claims that they were owed significant wages.\u00a0The company\u00a0boasts\u00a0its expansive reach\u00a0worldwide\u00a0employing\u00a0more than 100,000 employees\u00a0that provide janitorial,\u00a0landscaping,\u00a0electrical\u00a0and\u00a0lighting,\u00a0and\u00a0energy solutions, among other services,\u00a0to properties of all sizes.\u00a0This $140 million settlement\u00a0will be distributed to\u00a050,000 janitors that worked for ABM between 2002 and 2013.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit specifically alleged that the company failed to&nbsp;properly&nbsp;keep accurate time records of the time&nbsp;janitorsspent working.&nbsp;The&nbsp;janitors&nbsp;claimed&nbsp;that ABM\u2019s timekeeping system&nbsp;violated California state &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-law"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Janitors Settle Class Action for $140M in Owed Wages<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how janitors of ABM were able to recover $140 million in owed wages. 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