A judge has approved a $1.375 million settlement in a class action lawsuit accusing Romanoff Floor Covering Inc. of violating the California Labor Code, Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and other laws.
The lead plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit worked as installers for Romanoff from September 2015 to June 20216 and March 2015 to present, respectively.
They claim the company failed to pay them minimum wage for non-production work time, failed to provide rest breaks as required by law in California, and failed to pay them correctly due to an illegal practice of paying piece rate when they were performing installations at job sites assigned by Romanoff.
The company also allegedly failed to pay overtime.
In addition, the plaintiffs claim Romanoff unlawfully inserted a liability release provision into forms during the job application process that purported to grant the company and its third-party background check company the authority to obtain and use consumer report information for the purposes of employment.
Under the FCRA, the background check authorization and release must be presented to the job candidate as standalone forms.
Romanoff Floor Covering has denied all allegations of wrongdoing.
Two Classes of individuals are established under the settlement agreement:
- A California Class, defined as all individuals who worked for Romanoff Floor Covering Inc. in California as non-exempt employees from March 30, 2013, through May 1, 2018
- An FCRA Class made up of all prospective employees for whom Romanoff procured a background check between March 30, 2012, and April 5, 2017, which is made up of FCRA Class Members who received an FCRA form within the two-year statutory period of FCRA and FCRA Class Members who received an FCRA form within the five-year statutory period of FCRA but outside the two-year statutory period of FCRA
Class Members will be eligible to receive a portion of the settlement fund after costs such as attorneys’ fees and administration expenses are paid.
Seventy percent of the net settlement amount will be allocated to the California Class, with the remaining 30 percent allocated to the FCRA Class.
Are you a Romanoff Floor Covering employee? What do you think of the settlement? Let us know in the comments section below.
The plaintiffs are represented by Aparajit Bhowmik, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Norman Blumenthal, Victoria Bree Rivapalacio, and Ruchira Piya Mukherjee of Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik.
The Romanoff Floor Covering Inc. FCRA Class Action Lawsuit is Jonathan B., et al. v. Roman off Floor Covering Inc., et al., Case No. 2:17-cv-00685-TLN-DMC, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.
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3 thoughts onRomanoff Floor Covering to Pay $1.375M in Wage, Background-Check Settlement
I was one of there installers I Kno the wrong they did to me I was one of their employers they were supposed to send me a settlement check but got the name mixed up and sent it to my son with a W-2 form for the IRS how do I go about correct ING this mistake and I’m really at a loss can you please send me who I can contact so they can issue me the check in my nametaxes
None of their workers were paid properly! Installers were overworked and a couple of strikes and walk offs even took place. California and Georgia. Not fair to the contractors, they were used horribly and wasn’t fair with overtime pay either. Good Job California!
My husband worked there as an employee and they back charged him with our telling him just took money out his check ! This has happened to lots of installers ! Eugene Oregon