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| Prison guards file suit against Michigan corrections department alleging non-payment of wages |
| By mlive.com |
| Published: 08/01/2013 |
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A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Eastern District of Michigan alleges that the Michigan Department of Corrections has underpaid prison guards by not compensating them for pre- and post-shift activities. The suit was brought by the union representing corrections officers across the state and by 35 guards who work at prisons across the state. The officers allege they were not paid for the time spent before their shifts undergoing security checks, uniform inspections, receiving daily assignments, testing equipment and receiving reports from guards going off-duty. Officers also allege they were not paid for post-shift activities such as turning in equipment, signing log books and clocking out on their time clocks, according to the suit. "These pre-shift and post-shift activities are an integral and indispensible part of the Plaintiff Corrections Officers' principal activity because they assure an officer's readiness to perform his assigned duties during the work shift and they are essential to facilitating an orderly and secure transition of Corrections Officers between shifts," the suit states. Read More. |
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