Corporate catering company ZeroCater has been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing them of shorting workers' pay and other alleged violations of California labor law.
"Defendants engaged in a uniform policy and systematic scheme of wage abuse against their hourly-paid or non-exempt employees within the State of California," says the lawsuit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court. "This scheme involved failing to pay them for all hours worked, and failing to provide legally mandated meal and rest breaks or pay related premium wages in lieu thereof, in violation of California law."
Employees "did not receive complete and accurate wage statements," the suit says.
Wage statements did not include the total number of hours worked, the lawsuit alleges.
"Plaintiff and other class members were required to work more than eight hours per day and/or more than 40 hours per week without overtime compensation," the complaint states.
In shorting worker pay, the company violated several California labor laws, including the California Business & Professions Code, the suit states.
The lawsuit seeks unpaid back wages with interest, plus attorney fees.
The plaintiffs are represented by Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh and Halina E. Szymanski, of Justice Law Corporation, of Pasadena.
Busby v. ZeroCater Inc., San Francisco Superior Court, CGC-23-609527.
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