Compass Group Faces Wage and Hour Suit Alleging Labor Law Violations

According to a report, Compass Group USA, Inc., is facing litigation for violating California labor laws and failing to pay its delivery drivers. The wage and hour suit raises claims for violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law and California’s Labor Code.

According to the wage and hour suit, defendant Compass Group provides food delivery service to cafeterias and vending machines throughout California’s corporations and the state at large.

The plaintiffs propose to bring this federal class action lawsuit on behalf of the delivery and route service drivers who had worked as employees for Compass Group USA Inc. since June 20,2013.

The allegations proposed against Compass Group in the wage and hour suit purport that the company violated California’s Labor code in several ways. According to the wage and hour suit, the defendant had allegedly violated the California Labor code by underpaying its employees and by failing to allow them adequate and sufficient rest and meal breaks necessitated by law.

The wage and hour suit further asserts that the allegations are targeting the delivery drivers who worked for the defendant’s Canteen Vending brand, and failed to pay overtime and minimum wages to those who worked its route.

The complaint alleges several failings on the defendant’s part. One is that they had failed to sufficiently record hours worked by employees.

The second failing purported against the defendant is that they failed to pay workers for “off-the-clock” work that they may have done, and providing a way for the employees to be penalized for missed breaks and providing a means to receiving payments.

Third, the defendants failed to reimburse employees when they had to use their cell-phones for mandated company work, and failed to pay their employees overtime, commission, and all wage in accordance to California labor and wage law.

The attorney for the proposed class action had stated that employees in today’s current climate are under mounting pressure to work harder in a lesser amount of time, and by doing so, achieving and maintaining the company’s bottom line.

Additionally, the attorney for the proposed class action maintains that due to the practices performed by Compass Group, the delivery and route workers lost out on compensation, wages, and reimbursements, owed to them under California wage and labor laws. He states that he intends to acquire what they are owed.

According to the wage and hour suit, the case is still pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Compass Group is a British multinational contract foodservice. They are allegedly they largest international foodservice contract company and are in more than 50 countries. The British company services roughly 4 billion meals per year within locations such as universities, hospitals, office and factories, mining camps, cultural venues, sports venues, and offshore oil platforms.

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