AMC Pays N.Y. Movie Theater Workers on Wrong Schedule, Suit Says

American Multi-Cinema Inc. pays theater crew members, maintenance technicians, and ushers on a bi-weekly basis in New York state, in violation of a state law requiring weekly pay for manual workers, a former employee says in a proposed class suit.

Richard Hurd alleges he spent at least 25% of his time on the job performing physical tasks, qualifying him as a manual worker under the state’s labor law. He filed his suit June 10 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Hurd says he incurred overdraft fees and lost the time-value of his wages due ...