Vivint Employees Pursuing Unpaid Training Lawsuits

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Many jobs in California require that an employee train for a given position after the initial hiring and orientation process. Because the employer requires that the employee undergo training in order to perform the job, it is considered mandatory training and is eligible for compensation as part of hours worked.

In some cases, additional training may be needed for an employee to continue a job or to perform a new one. In many of these cases, the employee is entitled to pay for the hours worked during training. In many cases, training is not voluntary. It is required to continue employment.

California Paid and Unpaid Training Labor Laws

According to the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which applies to the majority of jobs,  “Attendance at lectures, meetings, training programs and similar activities need not be counted as working time only if four criteria are met, namely: it is outside normal hours, it is voluntary, not job related, and no other work is concurrently performed.”

Additionally, according to California labor laws: “The time spent at the required training is compensable as hours worked as you were subject to the control of your employer.” This means that if employees are required to report mandatory training sessions, meetings, seminars, lectures, programs, or activities as part of their hours worked for any given workweek or pay period, their employer is required to pay them for their time.

Here’s an example of an exception to that rule: If an employee attends a training conference outside of working hours, and the conference is not related to their current position, no other work for their current job or employer is performed, and the attendance is not mandatory (or even implied to be), then this would be considered legal unpaid training. The employee would not entitled to pay for hours spent attending the training conference, expenses, or travel compensation.

However, if the employer explicitly, or implicitly, states that the worker’s continued employment will be affected or put in jeopardy by not attending the training conference, then this would be considered illegal unpaid training. The employee would be entitled to compensation for time spent training, expenses, and travel fees and time. One way to collect that owed money would be to file a Vivint unpaid training class action lawsuit.

Unpaid Vivint Trainees

Vivint is a private home security company that was established in 1997. Vivint services more than 750,000 of its security systems in three countries including the United States and currently employs more than 7,000 people.

Some California Vivint applicants and employees claim they were withheld pay by the company for hours worked during job training and have filed Vivint unpaid job training class action lawsuits to recover lost wages they say they were owed.

Join a Free Vivint Training Class Action Lawsuit Investigation

If you underwent training with Vivint within the past four years and were not paid for your time, you can participate in a free class action lawsuit investigation. Learn more and obtain a free case evaluation at the Vivint Training Class Action Lawsuit Investigation.