SAN DIEGO, May 22, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The
San Diego labor law attorneys at
Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, filed a class action
lawsuit against Compass Bank, alleging that the company failed to
properly calculate overtime compensation for their hourly
employees. Furthermore, the complaint alleges that Compass Bank,
failed to provide mandatory meal and rest breaks to its employees.
The Compass Bank lawsuit, Case No. 37-2019-00024475-CU-OE-CTL, is
currently pending in the San Diego County Superior Court for the
State of California. A copy of the
complaint can be accessed by clicking here.
The class action complaint alleges that the company paid their
non-exempt employees a non-discretionary incentive wage based upon
their performance for the company, including, but not limited to,
cash in lieu of health benefits and referral bonuses. The complaint
further alleges that the company failed to provide PLAINTIFF and
the other members of the CALIFORNIA CLASS with complete and accurate
wage statements which failed to show, among other things, the
correct overtime rate for overtime worked, including, work
performed in excess of eight (8) hours in a workday and/or forty
(40) hours in any workweek, and the correct penalty payments or
missed meal and rest periods. Cal. Lab. Code ยง 226 provides that
every employer shall furnish each of his or her employees with an
accurate itemized wage statement in writing showing, among other
things, gross wages earned and all applicable hourly rates in
effect during the pay period and the corresponding amount of time
worked at each hourly rate.
According to the class action complaint, the company's
non-exempt employees were also allegedly unable to take off duty
meal breaks due to their rigorous work schedules. California labor laws require an employer to
provide an employee required to perform work for more than five (5)
hours during a shift with, a thirty (30) minute uninterrupted meal
break prior to the end of the employee's fifth (5th) hour of work
and a second uninterrupted meal break when employees are required
to work ten (10) hours. The complaint alleges that the company did
not provide their employees who forfeited meal breaks additional
compensation.
If you think your company is violating the California Labor Code
and would like to know if you qualify to make a claim, please
contact attorney Nicholas J. De
Blouw today by calling (800) 568-8020.
Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, is an employment law
firm with offices located in San
Diego, Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Sacramento, Riverside, and Chicago that dedicates its practice to helping
employees, investors and consumers fight back against unfair
business practices, including violations of the California Labor
Code and Fair Labor Standards Act.
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