April 13, 2015
SimplexGrinnell LP agreed Friday to pay its building fire alarm system maintenance public contract workers $9.5 million to settle a class action alleging the company had underpaid for testing and inspection work on public contracts.
September 16, 2014
SimplexGrinnell LP and its building fire alarm system maintenance public contract workers sparred Tuesday in New York's top court over whether a labor agency edict — that such work would be subject to the state's worker-friendly prevailing wage laws in the future — foreclosed recovery in a private suit for alleged past underpayments.
July 17, 2012
A New York federal judge on Tuesday signed off on a $5.5 million class settlement between Tyco International Ltd. unit SimplexGrinnell and more than 600 workers who said they were shortchanged when the safety company ignored New York's "prevailing wage" law on government contracts.
June 21, 2011
A New York federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of hundreds of employees of Tyco International Ltd. unit SimplexGrinnell who say they were shortchanged when the safety company ignored New York's "prevailing wage" law on government contracts.