A former employee has filed a lawsuit against his previous employer, alleging violations of labor laws related to unpaid overtime wages. Peter Gregory Beato initiated the complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on February 17, 2026, against Mulligan Security LLC.
The case revolves around allegations that Mulligan Security LLC failed to properly compensate Beato for overtime hours worked during his tenure as a non-exempt hourly security field supervisor from April 2023 to July 14, 2025. Beato claims he consistently worked over forty hours per week, often clocking in approximately eighty-four hours weekly. Despite this, he alleges that the company did not pay him the legally required overtime rate of one-and-a-half times his regular hourly wage. Instead, Mulligan Security allegedly assigned arbitrary “Position OT” rates that were sometimes even lower than his standard hourly rate. For instance, during weeks when Beato’s regular hourly rate was $60.00, he received an overtime rate of $52.50 per hour—12.5% below his regular rate and significantly less than the lawful overtime rate of $90.00.
Beato further accuses Mulligan Security of willfully violating both federal and state labor laws by employing fixed overtime rates without considering his actual weekly regular rate. The plaintiff argues that these practices were systematic and reflected in ADP payroll records maintained by the defendant. He also contends that despite raising concerns with Mulligan’s Human Resources department multiple times about these discrepancies, no corrective actions were taken.
The lawsuit seeks various forms of relief from the court: unpaid overtime wages amounting to at least $9,596.35 based on available paystubs; liquidated damages equal to 100% of unpaid wages under both FLSA and NYLL; statutory damages up to $5,000 each for wage-notice and wage-statement violations; prejudgment interest at nine percent per annum on unpaid wages; post-judgment interest as provided by law; and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs associated with bringing forth this action.
Representing Peter Gregory Beato is Mohammed Gangat from the Law Office of Mohammed Gangat located in Jersey City, NJ. The case is being presided over by judges at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under Case ID 1:26-cv-01327.
Source: 126cv01327_Peter_Gregory_v_Mulligan_Security_Complaint_Southern_District_of_New_York.pdf
