Class Action Certified in Prevailing Wage Suit
The New York Labor Law requires that employees working for a contractor on a public project be paid “prevailing wages,” which are based on the union rate for that work and are generally higher than the typical wage. Beranbaum Menken has filed several lawsuits against companies who break this law by paying their employees less than the prevailing wage rate. In one of these cases, Judge Steven Gold of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has issued a decision certifying the case as a class action. Judge Gold decided that the case could proceed on behalf of all employees of SimplexGrinnell who worked on fire alarm and sprinkler systems on public projects in the State of New York. The judge also decided that the recent Supreme Court decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, which many saw as restricting employee class actions, was no impediment to a class action here. This case is titled Ramos v. SimplexGrinnell LP., 07CV981(SMG). No trial date has been set as of yet.
If you worked on public projects, be they for the state, a municipality, or a public school, and think you were not paid the “prevailing wage,” call or email our firm.
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