BROWNSVILLE – An Indiana woman alleges her former Houston-headquartered department store owner employer owes unpaid wages for overtime work.
Maleeha Qazi filed a complaint individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated on March 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas against Stage Stores Inc., doing business as Peebles Inc., alleging violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff was employed by the defendant has a store manager trainee from January 2015 to May 2016 at two New York Peebles locations. She alleges she regularly worked more than 40 hours per week.
The plaintiff holds Stage Stores Inc. responsible because the defendant allegedly failed to maintain accurate time records and failed to pay overtime wages for hours worked in excess of 40 in any workweek.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks unpaid wages, liquidated damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, attorneys’ fees, costs and such other just and proper relief. She is represented by Alan L. Quiles, Gregg I. Shavitz, Paolo C. Meireles and Logan A. Pardell of Shavitz Law Group PA in Boca Raton, Florida; and Marc S. Hepworth, Charles Gershbaum, David A. Roth and Rebecca S. Predovan of Hepworth Gershbaum & Roth PLLC in New York.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas case number 4:18-cv-00780