COMPLAINT
FILED AGAINST COULTER VENTURES, LLC DBA
ROGUE FITNESS
CENTRAL OHIO, NOVEMBER 18TH,
2019 - Attorneys with Barkan Meizlish DeRose Wentz McInerney Peifer, LLP and
Marshall and Forman, LLC filed a class action lawsuit against Coulter Ventures,
LLC DBA Rogue Fitness stating the
fitness equipment distributor failed to pay their non-exempt employees overtime
wages for full hours worked.
The complaint states actions of the
company violated the Federal Labor Standards Act of 1938 (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C.
§§201, et seq., The Ohio Minimum Fair
Wage Standards Act [“the Ohio Wage
Act”], O.R.C. §§4111.01., 4111.03
and 4111.10, and the Ohio Prompt Pay Act [“the OPPA”]. The complaint states
that workers in the Rogue Fitness warehouse who were not considered exempt employees
were not paid for the overtime hours they worked. This complaint also states
that these employees were required to perform tasks necessary to their primary
job duties outside of their scheduled shifts without proper pay. Employees
working at off-site events were not properly compensated for the hours they
worked and instead were provided a flat per diem amount regardless of time
spent at the event.
Plaintiffs’
Attorney, Robert E. DeRose official statement:
“Wage theft in any form cannot be tolerated. These types of
wage violations are far too common in the workplace. Workers should not have to
go to the courts to be paid their fair wages.
We intend on securing the unpaid wages and overtime for the current and
former workers of Rogue Fitness with this lawsuit.”
About
Barkan Meizlish, LLP:
The law firm of Barkan Meizlish, LLP focuses on union side labor law,
wage and hour/overtime litigation, worker’s compensation, Social Security
disability, personal injury, and medical malpractice.
