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Case 1:11-cv-04673-FB-JMA Document 26 Filed 02/24/12 Page 14 of 26 PageID #: 103
York State Department of Labor regulations;
(b) whether Defendants failed to compensate Plaintiffs and the Rule 23 Classes for
hours 37.5 to 40 and hours worked in excess of 40 hours per workweek;
(c) whether Defendants failed to pay Plaintiffs and the Rule 23 Classes spread of
hours pay;
(d) whether Defendants failed to keep true and accurate time and pay records for all
hours worked by Plaintiffs and the Rule 23 Classes, and other records required by
the NYLL;
(e) what proof of hours is sufficient where an employer fails in its duty to maintain
true and accurate time records;
(f) whether Defendants failed to supply Plaintiffs and the Rule 23 Classes with
statements of wages as required by NYLL Article 6 § 195.
(g) whether Defendants’ policy of failing to pay workers was instituted willfully or
with reckless disregard of the law; and
(h) the nature and extent of class-wide injury and the measure of damages for those
injuries.
85. The claims of Plaintiffs are typical of the claims of the Rule 23 Classes they seek to
represent. Plaintiffs and all members of the Rule 23 Classes work, or have worked, for Defendants
as Marketing Representatives in New York. Plaintiffs and members of the Rule 23 Classes, enjoy
the same statutory rights under the NYLL to be paid for all hours worked, to be paid overtime wages
and spread of hours pay. Plaintiffs and members of the Rule 23 Classes have all sustained similar
types of damages as a result of Defendants’ failure to comply with the NYLL. Plaintiffs and the
members of the Rule 23 Classes have all been injured in that they have been uncompensated or
under-compensated due to Defendants’ common policies, practices, and patterns of conduct.
86. Plaintiffs will fairly and adequately represent and protect the interests of the
members of the Rule 23 Classes. Plaintiffs understand that as class representatives, they assume a
fiduciary responsibility to the class to represent its interests fairly and adequately. Plaintiffs
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