Los Angeles, CAA former Peloton sales representative claims that the exercise equipment company failed to pay overtime, minimum wage, vacation pay, work expenses and other violations of the California labor code.
Mark Cohen, a sales representative who filed his lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court in January, worked at Peloton for more than five years, from November 2016 to December 2021. His lawsuit alleges that, in addition to failing to pay overtime and minimum wage (Peloton recently raised its starting wage to $19 an hour), the company failed to reimburse him for work expenses such as car mileage and cellphone bills. It also says Peloton failed to pay out full “wages due upon termination of employment” such as vacation time, which is legally required in California. The suit, which has not yet been certified as a class action by the court, “challenges systemic illegal employment practices resulting in violations of the California Labor Code,” according to the complaint.
Cohen, who was classified as hourly non-exempt, claims that the company shorted him and other similarly situated employees due pay and other benefits owed under California law in the nine-count complaint. In February Peloton removed his complaint, arguing that the case belongs in federal court, reported Law360. Peloton contends that not only is its removal motion...
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