Saw Enterprises Facing Lawsuit Over ‘Variance Time’

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An in-home service technician employed by Saw Enterprises, Inc. since May 2017 has filed a lawsuit in which he claims the furniture repair company failed to pay employees for all hours worked, including overtime hours. The case explains that the defendant’s in-home service techs are paid an hourly rate, clocking in upon arriving at the first customer’s job and clocking out in the evening upon leaving the last customer’s house. According to the lawsuit, the defendant withheld some wages from its in-home techs by claiming “variance” time shows that work should have been completed over fewer hours.

“For example,” the case explains, “if [the plaintiff] clocked in and then out for a ten-hour workday, [the defendant] would claim the ‘variance’ time shows that such work and drive time should have been completed in an eight-hour workday, and would only pay [the plaintiff] for eight hours.”