SHERMAN — A project specialist is suing her employers, alleging violation of workers compensation acts in failing to pay proper overtime wages.
Sidney Beck filed a complaint Dec. 29 in the Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas against Access E. Forms LP and Tim Elliott, alleging violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
According to the complaint, Beck routinely worked more than 40 hours per week from May 2009 to November 2016 as a project specialist, but was never paid overtime compensation for all extra hours worked.
The plaintiff alleges the defendants failed to pay overtime for all hours she worked more than 40 hours per week at a rate of one and a half times her regular rate of pay as required by FLSA.
Beck seeks trial by jury, overtime compensation, liquidated damages litigation costs, pre- and post-judgment interest and all other proper relief. She is represented by attorney Douglas B. Welmaker of Dunham & Jones PC in Austin.
Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas Case number 4:16-cv-00985