Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating whether workers involved in the Capital One Arena renovation were paid proper overtime, contract wages, shift premiums, and compensation for all required work.
What is the issue?
Capital One Arena is undergoing a large, multiyear renovation involving the arena and adjoining spaces. Public descriptions identify a major phased project involving the arena, Gallery Place, and related facilities while the venue continues hosting events.
Renovating an operating arena may require overnight, weekend, compressed, and event-dependent schedules. Workers may have limited windows to complete demolition, electrical, mechanical, millwork, concrete, rigging, technology, concession, and finish work before the building reopens.
A compressed schedule does not excuse the failure to pay overtime or all required pre-shift, post-shift, waiting, and cleanup time.
Workers may have experienced:
- Straight-time pay for hours over 40.
- Unpaid overnight or weekend work.
- Missing shift differentials promised by an employer or agreement.
- Unpaid security-screening, credentialing, or building-access time.
- Waiting without pay for event areas to clear.
- Unpaid safety meetings, setup, cleanup, or tool-loading time.
- Hours split among the arena, Gallery Place, or separate payroll companies.
- Misclassification as an independent contractor.
- Deductions for parking, uniforms, tools, credentials, or safety equipment.
- Retaliation for reporting missing hours or safety concerns.
Signs you may be affected
- You worked on the Capital One Arena renovation or related Gallery Place construction project in demolition, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, concrete, steel, carpentry, audiovisual, concessions, finishing, cleanup, or another construction trade.
- You worked for a subcontractor, staffing company, labor broker, or specialty contractor rather than directly for the project’s general contractor.
- You performed security screening, credentialing, equipment setup, cleanup, or other required work before or after your scheduled shift without being paid.
- You worked more than 40 hours in a week but did not receive proper overtime pay.
- You were promised an overnight, weekend, event, or shift premium that did not appear on your paycheck.
- Your employer failed to pay you for waiting time caused by security restrictions, event operations, or restricted work areas.
Workers need only provide the arena location, work area, subcontractor or paycheck company, trade, dates, supervisor, and pay records to begin evaluating a claim.
If you performed construction, renovation, installation, demolition, rigging, technology, concessions, cleanup, material-handling, event-conversion, or other site-support work at Capital One Arena or Gallery Place and believe you were underpaid, please contact Migliaccio & Rathod LLP through the form below, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (202) 470-3520.