Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, File A Class Action Lawsuit Against Magnussen Imports, Inc., Alleging the Company Failed to Provide Meal and Rest Breaks
The class action complaint alleges the new and used Automobile Dealership did not provide the legally required off-duty meal and rest breaks to their employees and also allegedly failed to pay proper minimum wages.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The San Francisco Employment law attorneys at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, filed a class action lawsuit against Magnussen Imports, Inc., alleging that the company failed to lawfully provide meal and rest periods and reimburse their California employees for all their business expenses incurred while working for the company. The class action lawsuit against Magnussen Imports, Inc., is currently pending in the Santa Clara County Superior Court, Case No. 18CV340003. To read a copy of the Complaint, please click here.
The lawsuit alleges the company does not have a policy or practice which provides legally compliant thirty minute uninterrupted meal breaks and paid rest breaks to their employees in California. The lawsuit further alleges that the failure of Magnussen Imports, Inc., to provide the legally required meal and rest period is evidenced by the company's records.
Additionally, the lawsuit alleges that the employees were not reimbursed for all their necessary business expenses incurred on Defendant's behalf. Under California Labor Code Section 2802, employers are required to indemnify employees for all expenses incurred in the course and scope of their employment. Cal. Lab. Code § 2802 expressly states that "an employer shall indemnify his or her employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of his or her duties, or of his or her obedience to the directions of the employer, even though unlawful, unless the employee, at the time of obeying the directions, believed them to be unlawful."
For more information about the class action lawsuit against Magnussen Imports, Inc., call (858) 952-0354 to speak to Attorney Nicholas De Blouw.
Blumenthal, Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, is a labor law firm with law offices located in San Diego County, Riverside County, Los Angeles County, Sacramento County, and San Francisco County. The firm has a statewide practice of representing employees on a contingency basis for violations involving unpaid wages, overtime pay, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination and other types of illegal workplace conduct.
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