Employees of Jacksonville telecommunications company plan to sue after weeks without pay

A group of employees are coming together to file a class action lawsuit against a Jacksonville company after they said their dream job turned into a nightmare.

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“It meant I could provide for my family better. I finally got a job that I thought was paying me my worth,” Rhonda Wilson said.

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She took a supervisor position for the new telecommunications company in December last year. Empress Professions was hiring AT&T service reps to work from home. Wilson’s job would’ve paid $20 an hour with extra benefits.

“I wanted to devote 100 percent to this job. It was up and coming. A new company,” Wilson said. She even quit her previous job to take this one. While she said she put in 100%, Wilson claimed she got nothing in return.

Wilson said she’s owed about $2,400 after three weeks of work without pay. She’s not the only one. Action News Jax told you last week that 30 people were in a similar situation as a result. The employees were from across Jacksonville and even over state lines as far as California.

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