Class Action Alleges U.S. Security Associates Violated Arkansas Law

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Ten plaintiffs have put their names on a proposed class action in which they allege U.S. Security Associates, Inc. violated Arkansas wage laws by failing to pay proper minimum and overtime wages. The complaint states the plaintiffs are all “low-wage earners” whose pay was cut even further below the state’s minimum wage when the defendant allegedly deducted from their paychecks the cost of uniforms, employee badges, mandatory drug tests, and “other improper items.” The lawsuit claims U.S. Security Associates, reportedly one of the largest private security firms in the country, also violated Arkansas’ Drug Free Workplaces Act and Deceptive Trade Practices Act when it shifted the cost of its mandatory drug tests to employees.

The lawsuit further claims that the defendant avoids paying workers overtime by “changing employee time logs, paying employees straight-time compensation instead of one-and-a-half times their regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40, or only paying employees for 40 hours regardless of how many hours they worked in the workweek.”These alleged practices, the suit claims, were “part of a comprehensive company practice to reduce and control labor costs.”