MOGA Logistics agreed to pay $275,000 to resolve claims it violated California wage law by failing to pay truckers their proper wages.

The settlement benefits individuals who were employed by MOGA Logistics as a trucker between Dec. 4, 2015, and Dec. 4, 2019.

MOGA Logistics is a transportation company that operates in the northern Bay Area of California. The company’s truckers haul sand, gravel and construction waste around the region.

However, according to legal action against the company, MOGA Logistics takes advantage of its truck drivers with wage law violations.

According to the wage-and-hour class action lawsuit, MOGA Logistics violated several California laws. Specifically, the company allegedly misclassified its drivers as independent contractors. The truckers say that they should be considered employees and entitled to the employee protections under California law.

As a result of this misclassification, MOGA Logistics allegedly failed to pay truckers timely wages, overtime wages, minimum wage, and other types of compensation. The plaintiffs say the company also failed to provide them with rest breaks, meal breaks and other employee benefits.

The truckers took legal action under California labor law and the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), which allows workers to sue for wage violations on behalf of California labor authorities.

MOGA Logistics hasn’t admitted any wrongdoing but agreed to pay $275,000 to resolve these allegations.

This amount will...

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