EAST ST. LOUIS An international logistics and supply management company with more than 10 facilities in Illinois, is facing a class action alleging it illegally collected employees biometric data.
Zyanne Garner, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed a complaint April 13 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois East St. Louis Division against Geodis USA LLC, Geodis Logistics LLC frequently known as Ozburn Hessey Logistics LLC and Geodis Transportation LLC frequently known as Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLC and OHL Transportation alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
Garner alleges in the class action that she began working for the defendants in September of 2018 through May 2019, at its Geodis facility on Gateway Commerce Center Drive in Edwardsville. She claims she and other employees were required to use their fingerprint scanner to clock in and out of work on the company s time keeping