T-Mobile Technician’s Overtime Lawsuit Forced Into Arbitration

T-Mobile USA Inc.'s motion to arbitrate a senior technician’s lawsuit seeking overtime pay for hours he spent on call was granted by a federal district court.

The result was dictated by the mandatory arbitration agreement in a stock benefits package the company annually offers its employees, the opinion by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein said Wednesday for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington.

• Olvin Gomez alleged that T-Mobile treats the $30 “on-call/call-out premium pay” as one hour worked for purposes of calculating his regular rate and overtime pay, but he was entitled under the Fair Labor Standards ...