A lawsuit has been filed and is seeking class action status against several companies alleging unpaid overtime and wages to Ground Zero workers. The lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York and claims Maxons Restorations and five other companies relied on thousands of low wage workers to clean World Trade Center area buildings after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York. The suit claims the employers violated state labor laws as they generated record profits.
The defendants include Maxons Restorations, Inc.; Branch Construction Co., Inc.; Crystal Restoration Enterprises, Inc.; Milro Services, Inc.; and Milro Associates, Inc. The lawsuit seeks to recover unpaid overtime pay and other wages allegedly earned by workers who risked their health and safety to perform heavy cleaning work in offices, stores, hospitals, churches, apartments, and other public and private buildings near Ground Zero. The class action would include all persons who were employed or jointly employed by one or more of the defendants as cleaning workers in Lower Manhattan during the year after Sept. 11, 2001.
