In several coordinated wage and hour class actions, technicians working for Certified Tire and Services Centers, Inc. sued for unpaid minimum wages and rest periods. The technicians claimed that Certified Tire’s Technician Compensation Program (“TCP”) was an unlawful “activity-based compensation system” because it failed to pay separately for time spent on repair tasks and for rest periods. The technicians claimed that, under the TCP, Certified Tire improperly sought to “average” the hourly rate to comply with minimum wage requirements. READ MORE