Former Employee Alleges Fort Lauderdale Outlet Store Violated FLSA

April 10, 2018

A former employee is suing a Broward County outlet store, alleging violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

The man filed a complaint March 26 in Broward Circuit Court against Floor and Decor Outlets of America Inc., alleging failure to pay employees for all hours worked.

According to the complaint, the man worked as a leading specialty retailer in hard surface flooring for Floor and Decor Outlets from July 10, 2015, to Oct. 6, 2017, for approximately 45 hours each week. The suit says the man has suffered loss of earnings for working additional hours in excess of 40 per week because he was not compensated at the statutory rate of one and a half his regular rate of pay as required by FLSA.

The man alleges the company showed reckless disregard for the provisions of the FLSA, and refused to properly pay him for all hours worked.

The FLSA is a federal law which provides very important protections for employees. The FLSA institutes a national minimum wage for employees and mandates that hourly employees be paid overtime, which is 1.5 times their regular hourly rate, for hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week.

The FLSA was established to ensure that workers at the bottom end of the pay scale still receive a fair wage. The minimum wage in Florida for 2018 is $8.25 an hour. If you believe your employer has made an FLSA violation, you have two years to file for recovery of back pay under the FLSA unless the violation is considered willful, in which case a three-year statute of limitations applies.