Workers at mobility assistance company Tower Wav have sued their employer, claiming they should pay penalties under California law for allegedly shorting worker pay, among other alleged violations of labor law.
The company "maintained a pattern and practice of not paying Plaintiffs and the aggrieved employees for all hours worked, including minimum
wages, straight time, and overtime wages," states the lawsuit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court. "Defendants required Plaintiffs and the aggrieved
employees to work 'off-the-clock,' uncompensated, by, for example, requiring Plaintiffs and the aggrieved employees to perform work during uncompensated meal periods and/or requiring plaintiffs and the aggrieved employees to perform work after clocking out for the workday."
Tower Wav also pressured employees to "perform work tasks which could not be completed without working in lieu of taking mandatory meal periods, or by denying Plaintiffs and the Aggrieved Employees permission to take a meal period under the conditions required by law," the suit states.
It also alleges that Wav failed to pay employees twice a month as is required by California law and that it failed to maintain adequate records of hours worked.
The plaintiffs are represented by attorneys John G. Yslas, Jeffrey C. Bils, Aram Boyadjian and Andrew Sandoval, of the Wilshire Law Firm, of Los Angeles.
Haynes v. Tower Wav, LLC, San Francisco Superior Court, CGC-23-610504