Pham v Wood Tech, Inc.
Wage and Hour Class Action Against East Bay Furniture Manufacturer
(a continuación en español)
Case Documents
- Filed 2022; Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 22CV011080
- Plaintiff seeks to recover compensation for hourly workers in Oakland from 2018 to the present.
- Class action status to be determined.
- News – January 3, 2023 Court issued Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting defendants from soliciting releases from current and former employees
Case Description
Plaintiff brings this putative class action on behalf of hourly employees at Wood Tech, Inc. in Oakland, California. The lawsuit alleges the following:
- Wood Tech did not provide legally required meals and rest breaks. Specifically, Wood Tech’s official work schedule for employees working an 8-hour shift consisted of one rest break of 20 minutes that started after three hours of work; a second scheduled break that served as lunch break, but that was scheduled well past the legally mandated five-hour mark; and no additional rest break in the afternoon.
- Wood Tech did not keep any records of the start and end times of meal breaks, in violation of recordkeeping regulations.
- Wood Tech auto-deducted 30 minutes from each shift without any time records to account for the meal-break-time deductions.
- Wood Tech did not pay employees fully for their work time, especially overtime.
- In addition, for each scheduled break, Wood Tech would ring a warning bell before the end of the break to tell employees to start walking back to their workstations, so that the employees could actively restart their manufacturing tasks promptly. This effectively cut short the scheduled breaks.
We are investigating these and other violations committed by Wood Tech, Inc. and its CEO, Juan Figueroa. We allege that Defendants implemented non-compliant workplace policies in order to drive productivity at employees’ expense.
Defendants Wood Tech and Juan Figueroa do not admit liability. Defendant Figueroa challenges Plaintiff’s claims that he is individually liable for any alleged violations.
Plaintiff seeks classwide relief for violations of the California Labor Code and seeks unpaid wages and interest, penalties, injunctive and other equitable relief, and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.
If you would like to share information for our class action investigation, please contact us at 888-686-1918 or fill out the Contact form below.
News
January 24, 2023 Court extends ban on soliciting releases from current and former employees and orders additional measures to protect employees. Our firm won two motions, including a motion for a protective order.
Pham v Wood Tech, Inc.
Acción de Clase de Horas y Salarios Contra una Carpintería del Este de la Bahía
Documentos del caso
- Presentado en 2022; Juzgado Superior del Condado de Alameda, No. 22CV011080
- El Demandante procura recuperar compensación para los empleados pagados por hora en Oakland desde el 2018 hasta el presente.
- El estado de la acción como “acción de clase” es por determinar.
- 3 de enero de 2023 Orden de Restricción Temporal emitida por la corte que prohíbe a los acusados solicitar acuerdos de descargo de empleados actuales y anteriores
Descripción de la Demanda
El Demandante presenta esta acción de clase en nombre de los empleados pagados por hora en Wood Tech, Inc. en Oakland, California. La demanda alega lo siguiente:
- Wood Tech no proporcionó los descansos según la ley. En concreto, el horario oficial para empleados trabajando en turnos de 8 horas constaba de: un descanso de 20 minutos que empezó después de 3 horas de trabajo; otro descanso programado para la comida (pero muy atrasado del requisito legal de proporcionar el descanso dentro de un plazo de 5 horas); y ningún descanso adicional por la tarde.
- Wood Tech no mantenía registros de los comienzos ni los finales de los descansos para comer, en violación de las regulaciones sobre el mantenimiento de archivos.
- Wood Tech deducía automáticamente 30 minutos de cada turno sin archivos que reflejan las deducciones de los descansos para comer.
- Wood Tech no pagó a los empleados completamente por sus horas de trabajo, sobre todo por las horas extras (“overtime”).
- Además, en cada descanso programado, Wood Tech hizo sonar una alarma antes de terminar el descanso, señalando a los empleados que volvieran a sus puestos para re-empezar sus deberes de producción de inmediato. Esta práctica efectivamente acortaba los descansos.
Hemos iniciado una investigación de estas y otras violaciones cometidas por Wood Tech, Inc. y el director general, Juan Figueroa. Alegamos que los Demandados implementaron políticas laborales ilícitas con la intención de acelerar la producción a costa de los empleados.
Los Demandados Wood Tech y Juan Figueroa no admiten responsabilidad. El Demandado Figueroa desafía el reclamo del Demandante que él es individuamente responsable de cualquier violación alegada.
El Demandante busca remedios para toda la clase por las violaciones del código de trabajo de California y busca los salarios adeudados con interés, multas, medidas cautelares y otras medidas equitativas, y honorarios y costos razonables de los abogados.
Si quiere compartir información para nuestra investigación, favor de contactarnos al 888-686-1918 o completar el formulario de contacto de abajo.
Noticias
24 de enero de 2023 El tribunal extiende la prohibición de solicitar acuerdos de descargo de empleados actuales y anteriores y ordena medidas adicionales para proteger a los empleados.Nuestra firma ganó dos mociones, incluida una moción para una orden de protección.
Morris v SBHH
Sacramento Behavioral Hospital Workers Pursue Wage and Hour Class Action
Case Document
- Filed 2022; Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 34-2022-00330937-CU-OE-GDS
- Plaintiff, a registered nurse, seeks to recover compensation for nurses and mental health workers at Sacramento Behavioral Healthcare Hospital.
- Plaintiff also seeks compensation for all California-based hourly employees of Signature Healthcare Services, the parent company.
- Class action status to be determined.
Case Description
This is a putative class action on behalf of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff at Sacramento Behavioral Healthcare Hospital. The action seeks to recover wage damages, interest, and penalties for the denial of overtime wages following adoption of an Alternative Workweek Schedule, as well as meal break violations and rest break violations.
Acting as Plaintiff and Proposed Class Representative Kristal Morris seeks to recover wage damages, interest, and penalties on behalf of Sacramento Behavioral Healthcare Hospital employees, among other remedies. We are investigating the improper implementation of overtime wage waivers associated with an Alternative Workweek Schedule for employees in the Nursing Department and the Assessment and Referral Departments. Our case alleges that illegal AWS elections resulted in employees being deprived of proper overtime pay after 8 hours of work in a day.
We are also investigating meal and rest break violations, in which employees had late, short, or missed breaks; were discouraged from claiming and reporting such breaks; and were not fully paid for all late, short, or missed breaks.
The class action lawsuit also alleges statewide violations of the rules governing employees’ itemized wage statements. The violations range from not providing itemized wage statements for a period of time in 2021 to failure to accurately state the hours and corresponding rates of pay on all hourly employee paystubs.
We are also investigating whether employees were required to sign waivers and arbitration agreements.
If you would like to share information for our class action investigation, please contact us at 888-686-1918 or fill out the Contact form below.
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Xinying Valerian
Managing Partner