Paychex Overtime Wage Suits Advance as Group Claims

Two Paychex Inc. employees convinced the Western District of New York on Thursday to allow their claims alleging unpaid overtime to proceed as collective actions, but the court also said those who signed arbitration agreements won’t be included.

The major payroll services company is accused of misclassifying certain hourly and salaried workers as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime requirements.

Paychex told its hourly implementation coordinators to deduct lunch breaks from their hours even if such breaks hadn’t been taken, according to the plaintiff representing the Rochester-area hourly workers who haven’t signed arbitration agreements.

The plaintiff representing the ...