American Airlines failed to adequately pay hourly employees for the time they spent completing mandatory training, according to a recent wage and hour class action lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court.
Plaintiff Robert Wilhelm alleges that many hourly American Airlines employees are required to complete quarterly training modules, which typically last about four or five hours each.
However, the employees are expected to complete the training modules after their shifts are complete and they have already clocked out of work, the American Airlines class action lawsuit alleges.
As a result, Wilhelm says many hourly American Airlines employees are not paid for the time they spend on the mandatory training in violation of federal and state wage and hour laws. Some employees must work more than 40 hours in a work week to complete the mandatory training but are not compensated at the overtime rate for their time, Wilhelm alleges.
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