File Lawsuit Against Courtesy Chevrolet Center Alleging Failure to Pay for All Hours Worked
The San Diego labor law attorneys, at Zakay Law Group, APLC and JCL Law Firm, APC, filed a complaint alleging that Courtesy Chevrolet Center committed multiple violations of the California Labor Code. The Courtesy Chevrolet Center lawsuit, Case No. 37-2022-00005485-CU-OE-CTL, is currently pending in the San Diego County Superior Court of the State of California. A copy of the Complaint can be read here.
The lawsuit alleges Courtesy Chevrolet Center violated the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), which gives rise to civil penalties as a result of Courtesy Chevrolet Center’s conduct. PAGA allows aggrieved employees to file a lawsuit to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California for Labor Code violations. An “aggrieved employee” is defined as “any person who was employed by the alleged violator and against whom one or more of the alleged violations was committed.” Cal. Lab. Code section 2699(c). PAGA allows aggrieved employees to become “deputized” as private attorneys general to enforce the Labor Code.
The complaint alleges Courtesy Chevrolet Center’s meal period policies and practices were unlawful because Aggrieved Employees were far too over-booked and overworked to take timely off-duty thirty (30) minute meal periods. As a result of their rigorous work schedules, Aggrieved Employees allegedly were often not fully relieved of duty for their meal periods.
If you would like to know more about the Courtesy Chevrolet Center lawsuit, please contact Attorney Jackland K. Hom today by calling.
Zakay Law Group, APLC and JCL Law Firm, APC are labor and employment law firms with offices located in California that dedicate their practices to fighting for employees who have been wronged by their employers due to unfair employment practices. Contact one of their attorneys today if you need help with workplace issues regarding wage and hour, wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination, and harassment.
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