A security officer for the Philadelphia Parking Authority filed a class-action lawsuit this week accusing the agency of illegally deducting wages for years of work performed during mandatory breaks.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, alleges PPA is violating the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and a pair of state labor laws.

Terrez McCleary, the plaintiff, has been a PPA security officer since 2018. The job involves monitoring and securing PPA's impoundment lots, include a facility on Oregon Avenue in South Philly and several others in neighborhoods throughout the city.

PPA has a policy that requires all of its security officers to take 30-minute meal and rest breaks while continuing to oversee the lots where they are assigned, the lawsuit says. PPA automati

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