The San Diego Employment Law Lawyers At Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmilk File a Class Action Lawsuit Against Certified Freight Logistics Alleging Unpaid Wages
San Diego, California (PRWEB) October 28, 2016 -- The San Diego employment law attorneys at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik filed a class action lawsuit against Certified Freight Logistics, Inc. alleging that the transportation company failed to lawfully compensate their Truck Drivers who drove in California for all their non-driving activities, including time spent performing pre and post trip inspections and the time spent allegedly waiting for the product to be ready for transport. The Certified Freight Logistics truck driver lawsuit is currently pending in the San Diego County Superior Court, Case No. 37-2016-00036523-CU-OE-CTL. To read a copy of the Complaint, please click here.
The class action Complaint lodged against Certified Freight Logistics by the San Diego employment law attorneys at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik alleges that Certified Freight Logistics failed to have a policy that allowed their truck drivers off-duty thirty minute uninterrupted meal periods as required by the California Labor Code. The Certified Freight Logistics truck driver class action claims that the failure to provide meal breaks before the workers' fifth hour is evidenced by Certified Freight Logistics' business records which allegedly contain no evidence of meal breaks.
The class action lawsuit also states that the truck drivers working for Certified Freight Logistics were paid on a piece-rate basis. The lawsuit alleges that the truck drivers were not paid all minimum wages to which they were owed because the transportation company allegedly only paid them on a piece rate basis based on their production for the company. The class action claims that the truck drivers should have been paid minimum wages for their non-driving tasks, these tasks allegedly included time spent waiting for Defendant's loads to be ready for transport, among other non-driving tasks.
For more information about the class action lawsuit against Certified Freight Logistics call lawyer Nicholas De Blouw at (866) 771-7099 today or click here to speak to an attorney.
Blumenthal, Nordrehaug, & Bhowmik is a labor law firm with law offices located in San Diego County, Riverside County, Los Angeles County, Sacramento County, San Francisco County and Chicago, Illinois. The firm represents employees on a contingency basis for violations involving unpaid wages, overtime pay, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, truck driver claims, and other types of illegal workplace conduct.
Nicholas De Blouw, Blumenthal Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, http://bamlawca.com, +1 (858) 952-0354, [email protected]
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