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A former Parkview Randallia employee is alleging that Parkview Health routinely violates federal and state labor laws by failing to pay workers fairly.
Jekeura Milligan seeks to be the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit, according to a filing this week with the U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana. She is represented by law firms based in Indianapolis; Strongsville, Ohio; and Rye Brook, New York.
Milligan worked at Parkview Randallia Hospital from September 2024 to November 2025 as a patient care technician. Her duties included bathing patients and helping with other varied needs.
Her schedule was three 12-hour shifts on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. She also worked some weekend days.
Milligan began her shifts by clocking in. Instead of registering the exact time an employee checks in, the payroll technology used by Parkview Health rounds off the recorded time to the nearest quarter hour, the lawsuit alleges.
When an employee clocks in between 5:53 and 5:59 a.m., the software credits the worker for beginning at 6 a.m. That is despite the fact that the employee is expected to have already begun work, the filing alleges.
At the end of the day, if any employee punches out between 6:31 and 6:37 p.m., the system rounds off the time to 6:30 p.m.
As a result, the lawsuit claims, employees’ shifts can be undercounted at both ends, causing them to work without pay during those times.
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 requires companies to pay hourly employees at least 1½ times their regular hour rate for overtime. Overtime is classified as more than 40 hours a week.
The Indiana Wage Payment Statute says all wages due to an employee must be paid in a timely manner – no less than twice a month or every two weeks.
The lawsuit alleges Parkview Health violated both of those laws.
Milligan contends that Parkview Health’s software is capable of recording the exact time workers clock in and out for their shifts, making it possible to track every minute of work and pay employees accordingly.
As evidence, Milligan says employees are told they may clock in seven minutes early, work shifts that are credited as beginning at the top of the hour. And anyone who isn’t already clocked in before top of the hour and busy working is considered late for work and can be disciplined, reported to human resources, receive warning letters and be fired, the filing says.
By not actively prohibiting employees from working during those uncounted minutes, Parkview Health is knowingly requiring employees to work without payment, the lawsuit alleges.
Those unpaid minutes add up, according to the filing, which claims that Milligan and others would could join a class action lawsuit “are owed approximately hundred to thousands of overtime hours.”
Parkview Health is northeast Indiana’s largest employer, with more than 17,500 workers at 15 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient centers and physician offices. It’s unclear how many of those employees are hourly workers. Salaried staff wouldn’t qualify to join the class.
Milligan is seeking unpaid regular and overtime pay, triple damages, costs and attorney fees. She is also asking the court to declare a class action, which would allow other Parkview Health workers making the same allegations to join the case and receive payment.
If the court declares a class action, the lawsuit asks that Parkview Health be ordered to turn over contact information for current and former employees so that the court could contact them with an offer to join the legal action.
A Parkview Health spokeswoman provided the following statement: “Parkview Health is aware of the allegations. We are committed to complying with all applicable wage and hour laws. Because this matter involves pending litigation, we are unable to share additional details.”
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