New Collective Employment Law Action in the Eastern District Of New York
Devorn Jordan v. MV Transportation, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:14-cv-03759
On June 16, 2014, Lead Plaintiff Devorn Jordan on behalf of himself and those similarly situated filed a class and collective action in United States District Court – Eastern District of New York vs. MC Transportation, Inc., MV Contract Transportation Inc., and Mitch Phanor. Mr. Jordan works for Defendants as a driver operating a bus providing transportation to elderly and disabled individuals throughout the state of New York. Mr. Jordan alleges he works over forty hours per week, but Defendants do not provide him with an uninterrupted lunch break and require him to fill out paperwork for thirty minutes at the end of his shift. However, Defendants do not pay him any rate of pay or the statutorily required overtime rate of pay for hours he works over forty hours per week, deduct at least thirty minutes from his paychecks for lunch breaks that he does not take, do not pay him for the time it takes to fill out his paperwork and do not provide him with accurate wage statements in violation of New York Labor Law, New York Compensation Codes Rules and Regulations and the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. If any person worked for any of the companies or individuals named as a Defendant in the lawsuit during the time period of June 16, 2008 – June 16, 2014 or has information that may be relevant to this case, call: (516) 248 – 5550, (516) ABOGADO, and (212) 679 – 5000.