Workers to slap Indy hotels with suit

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Lawyers plan to file a complaint Monday on behalf of 14 hotel workers who accuse hotels of not properly compensating them.

The lawsuit names several downtown Indianapolis hotels including JW Marriott, Embassy Suites, Westin, Hyatt Regency, Canterbury, Omni Severin, Conrad, Hilton, as well as the Holiday Inn Select Airport and Hyatt Place airport hotel. The suit also targets a hotel staffing company called Hospitality Staffing Solutions.

"After two weeks I would get my check and it would be $100 or $50 and sometimes the months would go by and I would not get a check at all," said worker Eva Sanchez.

The workers represented in the suit claim they work long hours and never receive their pay.

Lawyers for the case say they are asking the court to certify the case as a collective action so that more employees will be able to join in.

"It's a fairly simple case. People are going to work and not getting paid for hours worked," said attorney Jeffrey Macey.

The lawyer and workers say the timing of the lawsuit has nothing to do with the impending Indianapolis Super Bowl. At this point they say they have no plans to protest before the game.