On September 13, 2023, two former employees of Southeast Connections, LLC (“SEC”) filed an overtime lawsuit against the company. The two named plaintiffs worked as either a pipefitter, laborer, and/or foreman for SEC and assert claims on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated individuals, including hourly-paid Foreman and Crewmembers (Crewmembers include Laborers, Pipefitters, Pipeline Crew Members, Operators, Fuse/Fitters, and Commercial Driver Licensed (CDL) Driver/Crew Members.) Plaintiffs allege that SEC, an energy infrastructure contractor focused on the natural gas industry, has violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by: (1) failing to pay employees— other than those driving—for time riding in the company vehicle from the worksite to SEC’s facilities; (2) requiring employees to work through lunch but failing to pay them for work performed during lunch; and (3) failing to pay employees for work performed at SEC’s facilities after returning the vehicle to SEC’s facilities. In the Complaint Plaintiffs allege that through these practices SEC improperly denied Plaintiffs and those similarly situated overtime pay.

Plaintiffs brought the case as a putative collective action under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) seeking to recover unpaid overtime compensation for hours over 40 per work week, liquidated (double) damages, and other statutorily-permitted relief for themselves and other similarly situated Foreman and Crewmembers.

On July 15, 2024, Plaintiffs’ counsel distributed notice of this lawsuit to all eligible similarly situated individuals via both email and U.S. mail. The deadline to return a consent form to join the case is September 13, 2024.

Our firm has partnered with the Legare, Attwood, and Wolfe, LLC, a Georgia-based employment law firm, in representing Plaintiffs and the FLSA Collective in this case. For more information about their firm, please visit: https://law-llc.com/.

This case is entitled Stallworth, et al. v. Southeast Connections, LLC, Court File No. 1:23-cv-04106 (Northern District of Georgia)

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• Clara Coleman

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