A California woman recently filed a lawsuit against industrial gas giant Praxair Inc., alleging that the company failed to follow California break laws, as well as provide proper pay.
The plaintiff, Rita G., alleges she worked for Praxair for nearly a decade as a laboratory technician, from 2008 to August 2017. Though Rita typically worked for five days a week and between 8 and 11 hours each of these days, she claims that Praxair broke California break laws.
She claims that she and others in a similar situation were not provided proper meal periods and rest breaks. On top of these, Rita alleges that she and others like her were not provided with proper wages, including overtime wages. Indeed, her California break laws complaint alleges that Praxair used a system that rounded their employees’ work time in a manner that ended up shorting them on pay.
The California break laws complaint also alleges that employees were required to do some preparation work prior to clocking in, such as going through security and changing into uniforms, and the same process leaving at the end of the day. This off-the-clock time was required, but not compensated, Rita claims.
The California break laws complaint was filed on multiple counts, including failure to pay minimum and straight time wages, failure to pay proper overtime, failure to provide meal periods and rest breaks, failure to pay proper and timely final wages, failure to provide accurate itemized wage statements, and unfair business practices.
Rita filed her California break laws complaint on behalf of herself and all others in a similar situation. The California break laws complaint was filed on June 28, 2018, in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda.
Wage and Hour Regulations
There are a series of both federal and state wage and hour laws put in place to protect workers and ensure they are treated fairly. However, many workers across the country do not know the protections that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) offers, which can lead to employers taking advantage of them, in some cases requiring unpaid overtime work despite the illegality of doing so.
Some workers may find themselves unable to file wage and hour complaints like this unpaid overtime lawsuit because they are not aware of FLSA rules. Others may be afraid that their employers will retaliate or even fire them if they speak up about these kinds of FLSA violations. To protect workers who help to enforce FLSA rules, laws also exist to protect workers from discrimination based on wage and hour complaints.
Filing a California Break Laws Complaint
If you have worked for an employer like Praxair that may have failed to follow the Fair Labor Standards Act, California break laws, or other labor laws, you may be able to either join a wage and hour class action lawsuit or file a lawsuit of your own.
The California Break Laws Lawsuit is Case No. 3:18-cv-03887, in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alabama.
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If you were forced to work off the clock or without overtime pay within the past 3 years in California, you have rights – and you don’t have to take on the company alone.
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