The San Francisco labor law attorneys, at Zakay Law Group, APLC and JCL Law Firm, APC, filed a complaint against Blend Labs, Inc., Blend Operations, Inc., Blend Title Insurance Agency, Inc., and Blend Insurance Agency, Inc. (collectively, hereinafter, "Blend Labs") for allegedly failing to provide employees with legally-compliant meal and rest breaks. The Blend Labs lawsuit, Case No. CGC-22-600420, is currently pending in the San Francisco County Superior Court of the State of California. A copy of the Complaint can be read here.

The lawsuit alleges Blend Labs violated the Private Attorneys General Act ("PAGA"), which gives rise to civil penalties as a result of Blend Lab's conduct. PAGA allows aggrieved employees to file a lawsuit to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California for Labor Code violations. An "aggrieved employee" is defined as "any person who was employed by the alleged violator and against whom one or more of the alleged violations was committed." Cal. Lab. Code section 2699(c). PAGA allows aggrieved employees to become "deputized" as private attorneys general to enforce the Labor Code.

The lawsuit further alleges that, as a result of their work schedules, Blend Labs employees were allegedly unable to take off duty meal breaks and were not fully relieved of duty for meal periods. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges employees were from time to time interrupted during their off-duty meal breaks to complete tasks...

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