Volvo Worker Sues Over Failure to Pay For Off-the-Clock Duties

A Volvo Car USA LLC employee sued the automaker alleging it failed to pay him and other hourly workers for off-the-clock work activities required before and after their shifts, including donning and doffing protective gear.

Antonio Gardenhire alleges Volvo failed to compensate workers for pre- and post-shift activities integral to their jobs in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and South Carolina Payment of Wages Act, according to a lawsuit entered Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Gardenhire worked as team member in Volvo’s paint shop. Gardenhire and other similarly situated workers entering ...