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$2.5M Settlement Agreed in Securitas Guard Vacation Pay Class Action Lawsuit
This is a settlement for the Employment lawsuit.
Santa Clara, CA: A $2.5 million settlement agreement has been reached in an unpaid vacation pay class action lawsuit filed by former and current security guards who allege Securitas Security Services USA Inc, violated federal and California labor law regarding its vacation pay policy.
The terms of the proposed agreement, if approved, would cover over 24,000 opt-in members across the country, and provide for a separate settlement class for anyone who worked for Securitas as security guards in California between October 28, 2009, and the present. To date, 24,281 people have opted into the class, according to court filings.
The lawsuit was filed by former Securitas guard Michael Deatrick filed in October 2013, alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and California state law. Specifically, the complaint alleged Securitas does not pay its guards for vacation, but rather pays them a lump sum each year as compensation for their vacation time.
Deatrick asserts in the suit that these payments are really a nondiscretionary retention bonus because it is based on the number of hours worked, isn't dependent on vacation taken and is not given to guards who leave before their anniversary. The guards say Securitas should include the bonus in overtime calculations under the FLSA.
The case is Michael Deatrick v. Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., case number 13-cv-05016, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Published on Nov-11-15
The terms of the proposed agreement, if approved, would cover over 24,000 opt-in members across the country, and provide for a separate settlement class for anyone who worked for Securitas as security guards in California between October 28, 2009, and the present. To date, 24,281 people have opted into the class, according to court filings.
The lawsuit was filed by former Securitas guard Michael Deatrick filed in October 2013, alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and California state law. Specifically, the complaint alleged Securitas does not pay its guards for vacation, but rather pays them a lump sum each year as compensation for their vacation time.
Deatrick asserts in the suit that these payments are really a nondiscretionary retention bonus because it is based on the number of hours worked, isn't dependent on vacation taken and is not given to guards who leave before their anniversary. The guards say Securitas should include the bonus in overtime calculations under the FLSA.
The case is Michael Deatrick v. Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., case number 13-cv-05016, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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jj
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Unfortunately the time to join the lawsuit has passed.
Settlement checks should be mailed out by October 31st.,2016.
This is what I heard.
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JJ
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Apparently he is signing off on it within the next two weeks.
How much we will get remains to be seen.
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Jennifer Holmes
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It says right in the handbook if you leave prior to your anniversary date you will NOT be eligible for your vacation.
Most of the issues I am reading about are everything you should have known if you had read your handbooks as they tell you to do.
No company has the "perfect" utopia for work. This is a decent job and if you don't like it then go work at McDonalds or WalMart
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Jennifer Holmes
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5 years with them and even though there has been bumps, still a good job and steady! What company is everyone happy all the time? I hear complaints about every job I have been on so, take it for what it is worth... Good luck to all of you that signed up for this sham. Ya'll are getting screwed by the attorney lol
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Fred Straine
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Securitas is laughing its self all the way to the bank!
2.5 million divided by 24,000+ gives each of us $104.00 before tax's and what about the lawyers share they will get what a third of that so that could mean even less for us a grand total of $69.44 before tax's.
This settlement is WRONG and should NOT be agreed to by us the employees whom should have the loudest voice in this matter.
Fred Straine
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I have been denied my vacation (paid) for the last 3 years due to there not enough hours worked how ever if they had included over time worked I would have at least gotten 1 of those years as a paid 2 week vacation,
I hope that any money we get will at lease equal the vacation pay denied us with interest.
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