Former Merchandiser From Georgia Files Her Consent to Join Class Action Alleging Overtime Pay Violations Against National Retail Solutions, Inc. (NRS)

NEW YORK - Sept. 5, 2016 - PRLog -- A former Merchandiser from Georgia recently filed her Consent to Join a Class Action Lawsuit. The class and collective action lawsuit seeks unpaid wages due and owing to current and former Merchandisers nationwide which include minimum wages, straight time and overtime pay. The Complaint alleges that NRS does not reimburse its Merchandisers for their mandatory, employment-related internet, data service and cellular phone access, and further alleges that NRS does not properly pay for mileage and refuses to pay for the first 30 miles driven each day.

Merchandisers are only paid for time spent working in retail stores. However, Merchandisers frequently must begin and end their workdays at home completing necessary administrative tasks. Merchandisers are not compensated for this time spent working outside of the assigned retail store. NRS regularly requires Merchandisers to perform numerous tasks before arriving at their assigned retail store and before clocking-in, including: (a) receiving their assignments via email before departing for the assigned retail store, (b) planning their driving route to, from and/or between stores, (c) preparing product displays and signage prior to their arrival at their assigned retail store, (d) loading the product displays and signage into their vehicle before departing for the assigned retail store and unloading it once they return home, (e) receiving, responding to and dealing with telephone calls, text messages and emails relating to their work for NRS.

The Complaint also alleges that Merchandisers are not compensated for the time they spend traveling to, from and between stores. This unrecorded drive time, prep time and administrative time results in Merchandisers working more than forty (40) hours per workweek without receiving the proper compensation of one and one-half the regular rate of pay for work performed in excess of forty hours in an individual workweek.

The former Merchandiser seeks to represent a nationwide class of Merchandisers who work or have worked for National Retail Solutions, Inc. within the last three years pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act and also seeks to represent Merchandisers who worked for NRS within the last six years in the State of New York pursuant to the New York Labor Law. She also asks the court to tap her attorneys, Michael J. Redenburg and Matthew Osman of Osman & Smay, LLP, as attorneys to represent the class.

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Michael J. Redenburg maintains an office at 11 Park Place, Ste. 817, New York, NY 10007.

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