A proposed class action filed by a former SpaceX employee accuses the spacecraft engineering company of a slew of California labor law violations, including failing to pay hourly workers proper minimum, straight time and overtime wages.
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The 25-page lawsuit says that despite requirements under state law, Space Exploration Technologies, Corp.—which does business as SpaceX—has also failed to give hourly employees meal and rest periods, timely pay all final wages after employment is terminated, provide accurate wage statements and reimburse workers for expenditures paid out of pocket.
According to the suit, the spacecraft manufacturer, which was co-founded by Elon Musk in 2002, has regularly required hourly employees to work off-the-clock by, for instance, compelling them to perform tasks before clocking in for the day. Per the case, workers have not been provided overtime pay for these off-the-clock hours, as required by state law.
Additionally, though hourlies are entitled to a 30-minute, uninterrupted meal period for every five hours of work, SpaceX has often required its employees to work in excess of five consecutive hours without providing them with legally compliant meal periods, the complaint alleges.
“Instead, [SpaceX] continued to assert control over [the plaintiff] and the Class by requiring, pressuring, or encouraging them to perform work tasks...
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