A worker for Alaska Airlines has filed a class action lawsuit against his employer, accusing the airline of shorting worker pay and other alleged violations of California labor law.
Jonathan Vigil, the main plaintiff in the lawsuit, alleges that the airline committed a slew of labor law violations. This includes preventing employees from taking meal breaks during long shifts or short 10-minute breaks under California law.
Alaska Airlines also allegedly failed to accurately record and pay employees for the actual amount of time these employees worked. The lawsuit claims employees were often made to work off the clock without compensation and the rate of pay for sick days, for example, were inaccurate.
Employees staffed any time up to four years prior to the lawsuit filing are eligible in this case. The amount in play for this claim is under $5 million, according to the complaint.
The lawsuit was filed Oct. 3 in San Francisco County Superior Court.
Attorneys with the firm of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik de Blouw, LLP, represents the plaintiffs.
San Francisco County Superior Court case number CGC-23-609451