Amazon Warehouse Worker Lawsuit Alleges Employees Denied Breaks, Overtime Pay

Named plaintiff Romeo P. seeks class action status for a complaint he filed in Sacramento County Superior Court against Golden State FC LLC, doing business as Amazon.com Inc.

In this Amazon warehouse worker lawsuit, Romeo claims that employees who worked at Amazon’s fulfillment centers were forced to work shifts longer than 10 hours, but were not provided a third rest break or paid overtime wages.

The proposed Class would include any Californian who has worked as a nonexempt employee any time in the past four years. The number of people who could have worked for Golden State during that time could be in the thousands.

Amazon Warehouse Worker Lawsuit Alleges Employment Law Violations

Because Amazon’s warehouses are so large, workers allegedly must travel further to their work site once on the property. They are not compensated for the time it takes to travel to their actual work space, the Amazon warehouse worker lawsuit states.

“This results in class members’ working on the clock more than 10 hours, when scheduled for a 10-hour shift, without receiving or being compensated for a third rest break, in violation of California law,” says the Amazon warehouse worker lawsuit.

In addition, Romeo’s complaint alleges that workers should be compensated at the overtime rate for that third rest break, because it is only given for shifts lasting more than 10 hours. Anything over 10 hours would be categorized as overtime, which is paid at the rate of time and one half.

Romeo said during one workshift, he was scheduled for a 10-hour day, from 6:30 AM to 5 PM. He was supposed to have a half-hour lunch and two rest breaks. In order to arrive at his actual work station on time, he says he clocked in at 6:25 AM and clocked out at 5:02 PM. He logged a 10-hour, 7-minute shift just that day alone, explains the Amazon warehouse worker lawsuit.

“Among other reasons, this happened because of the defendant’s policy of not scheduling enough time for plaintiff and class members to clock in and arrive at the location to report for their shift, or clock out after their shift,” says Romeo’s lawsuit. “Although the plaintiff worked on the clock for over 10 hours during that November 18-19, 2017 shift, the plaintiff did not receive a third rest break.”

Because Golden State has failed to provide employees with itemized wage statements, Romeo claims, the missed rest periods and overtime pay are not accounted for in their records. These allegedly erroneous pay records are the basis of Romeo’s wage statement claim.

The company is accused of violating California’s Unfair Competition Act.

All of the employees in this class action Amazon warehouse worker lawsuit performed duties including packaging, loading packages, and unloading or unpacking boxes for regularly scheduled shifts of 10 hours or longer.

The Amazon Warehouse Worker Lawsuit is in the Superior Court for Sacramento County, California. No case number was available.

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