In Michigan, a group of plaintiffs filed an action against the defendant security company claiming that the security company violated the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay the plaintiffs time and a half for the time they worked in excess of 40 hours per work week. The defendant security company filed a motion for summary judgment to dismiss the action.
The plaintiffs were employed as alarm response security officers (AROs). The defendant provided security services to its customers, including “armed response to alarms at the residential and business premises of its customers.” As AROs, the plaintiffs monitored and responded to the alarms on the premises of the defendant’s customers. This required plaintiffs to travel and inspect these premises when the alarms sounded, and determine the cause of an alarm’s sounding. Further, the plaintiffs would “secure the premises as needed and report the status of the premises to the defendant or law enforcement agencies.”