Cricket Wireless Retailer Shortchanged Sales Workers, Suit Says

Mobilelink, the largest Cricket Wireless retailer in the country, knowingly underpaid sales employees by miscalculating their overtime rates, according to a new Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit filed in a federal court in Texas.

The proposed collective action was filed by Penny Alvarez, Michael Collazo and Devin Harris, who held various sales positions at local Mobilelink retailers in Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

They seek to represent others employed as Solution Specialists, Retail Assistant Store Managers, Managers in Training, and Retail Store Managers at Mobilelink’s 550-plus retail locations across the country.

The employees allege Mobilelink, which is legally registered as ...