Habit Employment, L.P. allegedly failed to provide employees with all legally required meal and rest periods, or compensate for missed meal and rest periods.

Santa Clara, California (PRWEB) September 18, 2022

The San Francisco employment law attorneys, at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, filed a lawsuit against Habit Employment, L.P. alleging the company violated Labor Code § 2699, et seq. seeking penalties for DEFENDANT's alleged violation of California Labor Code §§ 201-204 et seq., 210, 221, 226(a), 226.7, 227.3, 510, 512, 558(a)(1)(2), 1194, 1197, 1197.1, 1198, and 2802. The lawsuit against Habit Employment, L.P. is currently pending in the Santa Clara County Superior Court, Case No. 22CV402597. To read a copy of the Complaint, please click here.

According to the lawsuit filed, Habit Employment, L.P. allegedly failed to fully relieve Plaintiff and other Aggrieved Employees for their legally required thirty (30) minute meals breaks. Employees were also allegedly required, from time to time, to work in excess of four (4) hours without being provided the legally required ten (10) minute rest periods. The California Supreme Court defines off-duty rest periods as the time during which an employee is relieved from all work-related duties and free from employer control.

PAGA is a mechanism by which the State of California itself can enforce state labor laws through the employee suing under the PAGA who do so as the proxy or agent of the state's labor law...

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