A plumbing and mechanical contractor, Harris Bay Area LLC, has been hit with a class action lawsuit, accusing it of shorting worker pay and other alleged violations of California labor law.
The company, failed to pay workers "for all regular and/or overtime wages earned and for missed meal periods and rest breaks in violation of California law," says the suit. The company also allegedly failed to pay the required minimum wage to workers.
The lawsuit also alleges that Harris Bay failed to keep complete or accurate payroll records and failed to reimburse workers for business-related expenses and costs.
Also named as defendants are 100 unnamed "agents, partners, joint venturers, joint employers, representatives, servants, employees, successors-in-interest, co-conspirators."
The defendants "had the financial ability to pay such compensation, but willfully, knowingly, and intentionally failed to do so, and falsely
represented to Plaintiff and the other class members that they were properly denied wages, all in order to increase Defendants’ profits," the suit said.
It seeks to represent "all current and former hourly-paid or non-exempt employees who worked for any of the Defendants within the State of California at any time during the period from four years preceding the filing of this Complaint to final judgment and who reside in California."
The plaintiffs seek unpaid wages with interest plus attorney fees and court costs.
It asks the court to award plaintiffs "one hour of pay at each employee’s regular rate of compensation for each workday that a meal
period was not provided."
Also, workers are "entitled to recover from Defendants their business-related expenses and costs incurred during the course and scope of their
employment, plus interest accrued from the date on which the employee incurred the necessary expenditures at the same rate as judgments in civil actions in the State of California," the lawsuit states.
The plaintiffs are represented by Arby Aiwazian of Lawyers for Justice P.C.
Norman v. Harris Bay Area LLC, San Francisco Superior Court, CGC-23-609051.