SACRAMENTO – A Nebraska woman formerly employed by a health care staffing company at a Palm Springs location alleges she us owed unpaid wages.
Annette Horn filed a complaint individually and on behalf of and others similarly situated on Sept. 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against Rise Medical Staffing LLC and Does 1 to 10 alleging unfair business practices and violation of California labor codes.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff was employed by the defendants as a travel nurse in May and June 2016 and January to April 2017.
The plaintiff holds Rise Medical Staffing LLC and Does 1 to 10 responsible because the defendants allegedly failed to include all remuneration in her regular rate of pay to calculate overtime wages and failed to pay all wages in a timely manner upon termination.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks unpaid overtime wages, interest on any unpaid overtime wages, all legal fees, restitution, statutory wage penalties, all wages owed at the time of termination, and any other relief as this court deems just. She is represented by Matthew B. Hayes and Kye D. Pawlenko of Hayes Pawlenko LLP in Pasadena.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California case number 2:17-cv-01967-MCE-KJN