Workers have sued rental home property operator Boutikia, claiming they were shorted pay, amid other alleged violations of California labor law.
The lawsuit was filed under California's controversial Private Attorney Generals Act, which allows workers to file suit against their employer on behalf of all other employees, to press claims that their employer violated California labor law.
Boutikia "failed to keep track of Plaintiff's and other employees' actual hours worked," says the suit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court. "Employees' pay was rounded and inaccurate."
Meal and rest break violations were based on "business necessities," according to the suit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court.
"Plaintiff and others regularly took their meal breaks after their fifth hour of employment and were not paid a premium," the suit says. " Employees were deprived of any breaks after their lunch hour."
Boutikia also failed to keep track of the hours employees worked, the suit alleges.
"Plaintiffs, routinely work over eight hours per day and/or 40 hours per week but are not paid one and one-half their regular rate of pay for overtime work," the suit says.
The company communicated with workers on work-related issues on the employee's personal cell phones, but failed to reimburse them for that time, the lawsuit said.
Employees were required to work through meal breaks or take short meal breaks, the lawsuit alleges.
The plaintiffs assert Boutikia allegedly failed to pay workers the "premium compensation" mandated by California wage and hour law for missed meal periods.
The suit seeks up to 30 days of wages per worker.
It also seeks attorney fees and court costs.
The plaintiffs are represented by attorneys Jeffrey Weber and Lev Zartarian, of Briggs & Alexander.
Redding v. Boutikia LLC, San Francisco Superior Court, CGC-23-608739