LOS ANGELES – A former employee of two Los Angeles County corporations alleges that they failed to pay employees for all hours worked.
Alecia Ballin filed a complaint on behalf of others similarly situated on May 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Russ Bassett Corp., Insperity Peo Services LP and Does 1 through 100 alleging violation of state labor codes.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff was employed by the defendants as a project coordinator in Whittier from 2013 to 2016. The plaintiff holds Russ Bassett Corp., and Insperity Peo Services, L.P., and Does 1 through 100 responsible because the defendants allegedly failed to provide adequate meal and rest periods, did not pay a minimum wage and failed to pay overtime wages.
The plaintiff seeks compensatory damages, restitution of all monies, disgorgement, liquidated damages, enjoin the defendant, statutory and civil penalties, interest, all legal fees and any other relief as the court deems just. She is represented by Matthew J. Matern, Tagore Subramanian and Daniel J. Bass of Matern Law Group PC in Manhattan Beach.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California case number 2:17-cv-03981-PSG-SK