Washington Wage-and-Hour Class Action Filed Against Infinity Global Distribution, LLC

A new class action lawsuit highlights common wage-and-hour issues affecting employees across Washington State. The lawsuit against Infinity Global Distribution, LLC, a brand management and distribution company operating in Pierce County, alleges the company failed to properly pay its non-exempt, hourly employees.

According to the complaint, staffing conditions and scheduling demands regularly prevented customer service representatives and other non-exempt employees from taking legally required meal and rest breaks. Employees allegedly worked through their meal and rest periods to meet the company’s work requirements and were not compensated with the additional premium pay owed for missed breaks.

The complaint also alleges that the company required employees to use their personal cell phones for work-related purposes without adequate reimbursement, resulting in unlawful wage deductions that in some cases pushed employees’ effective pay below the state minimum wage. It further claims the company only partially paid overtime for hours worked over 40 in a week and failed to properly accrue and allow the use of paid sick leave. The lawsuit alleges these violations were willful and part of a company-wide policy — including a cap on hourly wage payments regardless of actual hours worked and paystubs that did not accurately reflect all regular and overtime hours — rather than the result of clerical error, and that the company failed to pay all wages owed upon employees’ termination.

The case seeks to proceed as a class action on behalf of current and former non-exempt, hourly employees of Infinity Global Distribution, LLC in Washington State from three years prior to filing through final resolution.

COLON-LOPEZ V. INFINITY GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION, LLC