The Riverside Employment Law Lawyers at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik File a Class Action Lawsuit Against Ashley Distribution Alleging Unpaid Wages and Missed Breaks
San Bernardino, California (PRWEB) May 03, 2017 -- The Riverside employment law attorneys at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik filed a class action lawsuit against Ashley Distribution Services, LTD. alleging that the company failed to lawfully compensate their Truck Drivers who drove in California for all their non-driving activities, including time spent allegedly waiting for their loads to be ready for transport. The Ashley Distribution Services class action lawsuit is currently pending in the San Bernardino County Superior Court, Case No. CVIDS1706807. To read a copy of the Complaint, please click here.
The class action complaint filed against Ashley Distribution Services by the Riverside employment law attorneys at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik alleges that Ashley Distribution Services did not have a policy to allow their Golden State truck drivers off-duty uninterrupted meal and rest periods as required by California law. The Ashley Distribution Services class action claims that the company's failure to provide meal breaks before the truck drivers’ fifth hour of work is evidenced by the company’s business records.
The class action complaint also alleges that the company's truck drivers were paid on a piece-rate basis. The complaint alleges that the truck drivers were not paid all minimum wages to which they were due because Ashley Distribution Services allegedly only paid them on a piece-rate basis based on miles driven. The lawsuit 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 and allegedly performing pre and post trip inspections.
For more information about the class action lawsuit against Ashley Distribution Services call lawyer Nicholas De Blouw at (866) 771-7099 today.
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.
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Nicholas De Blouw, Blumenthal Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, http://bamlawca.com, +1 (858) 952-0354, [email protected]
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