A gas station and convenience store chain located in the Northeast U.S. is facing a lawsuit from about 4,000 current and former workers. The suit asks for more than $20 million in damages.

The class-action filing claims that the employer disregarded state and federal labor laws, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to local news source the Times-Union. One of the major matters addressed is an allegation that employee attendance was improperly tracked, specifically that small duties performed before and after scheduled shifts weren't tracked as hours worked and therefore weren't compensated.

The FLSA requires that any time "suffered or permitted to work" be included when worker time is recorded and pay is calculated. The FLSA specifically states that time worked past the end of a shift is still compensable time and needs to be paid out by the business.

Other claims include the company not paying for the maintenance of required uniforms, refusing to disclose pay rates, ignoring mandatory breaks and a failure to record proper logs of hours worked. Uncompensated time also included employees working past schedule during shift changes but not having that time recorded.

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