The lawsuit claims employees have been systematically underpaid for the time it takes to take off and put on protective gear during
unpaid meal breaks, walking to and from production lines, waiting in line for equipment, waiting in line to clean equipment and cleaning equipment.
Multiple wage and hour class actions involving claims of misclassification,
unpaid overtime, violations of the
meal and
break regulations and violation of vacation accrual laws
California Business and Office Work labor law news including wage and hour violations, missed
meal and rest
breaks,
unpaid overtime, discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination.
Some of the most common are wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, violations of the Family Medical Leave Act, violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Violations of the California Family Rights Act, privacy breaches (e.g. disclosure of a medical condition to someone who did not need to know), contract breaches, unfair bargaining and / or union and labor law disputes,
unpaid wages,
unpaid overtime, failure to pay minimum wage for all hours worked, failure to provide proper pay stubs, failure to pay for unused vacation days upon resignation or termination, failure to pay for all hours worked within 72 hours of quitting, failure to pay for all hours worked immediately upon leaving when the employee gives fair notice or resignation to the employer, failure to keep adequate records, failure to produce employment records upon request, failure to provide wage and pay information upon hiring, misclassification of an hourly employee as an exempt employee, misclassification of an hourly employee as an independent contractor, work place bullying, sexual harassment, disparate impact, disparate treatment, class actions for failure to pay wages and over time, class actions for failure to provide
meal and rest
breaks, and class actions for failure to reimburse employees for expenses.