Security Firm Faces Wage Lawsuit from Armored Truck Drivers

The U.S. subsidiary of GardaWorld Security Corp., a Canadian private security firm, fails to properly pay its workers overtime wage rates, according to a new federal class action lawsuit.

Michael Dean Sunderland and Peter John Reiff claim that Garda USA has a policy of refusing to pay overtime wage rates to armored vehicle drivers, messengers, and guards when they work more than forty hours in a week, in violation of Minnesota and federal law,.

GardaWorld describes itself as “the world’s largest privately owned security services company.”

Causes of Action: Fair Labor Standards Act, Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act.

Relief: ...