Class action against Murphy Distribution says company violated FLSA

HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – Two employees have filed a class action lawsuit against Murphy Distribution Inc. after they claim it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay them their proper wages.

Anthony San Miguel and Aaron Soliz claim Murphy Distribution and Don Murphy violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by employing them and other similarly situated nonexempt employees “for a workweek longer than forty hours [but refusing to compensate them] for [their] employment in excess of [40] hours…at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which [they are or were] employed,” according to a complaint filed Oct. 31 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.