HOUSTON – A former property manager for a storage warehouse chain alleges she was not paid a minimum wage during her employment.
Loretta Maier filed a complaint on behalf of individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated filed a complaint on March 29 in the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas against Private Mini Storage Manager Inc. alleging violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that she regularly worked for a minimum of 63 hours per week while employed by the defendant. She alleges she was paid a flat weekly rate of less than $455 a week, or $5.08 an hour for her 63-hour workweek. The suit states she worked for the defendant for 10 years and concluded her employment in July 2017.
The plaintiff holds Private Mini Storage Manager Inc. responsible because the defendant allegedly failed to pay her the statutory minimum wage and overtime compensation as required by law.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks unpaid minimum wages and overtime compensation for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week, liquidated damages, attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses and such other lawful and equitable relief. She is represented by Beatriz-Sosa Morris and John Neuman of Sosa-Morris Neuman Attorneys at Law in Houston.
Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas case number 4:18-cv-00991