Mistra Allegedly Fails to Provide California Workers with Required Meal and Rest Breaks

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Mistras Group, Inc. is facing an employment law lawsuit alleging California Labor Code violations. The class action complaint was filed in July 2020 in Los Angeles, (California Case No. 20STCV22485). 

The California Class Action Complaint Alleges Numerous Employment Law Violations: 

The July 2020 complaint filed in Los Angeles, California alleges numerous employment law violations. Mistras Group, Inc. allegedly violated various California Labor Code provisions when they failed to provide their workers with mandatory meal breaks and rest periods, and when they failed to reimburse workers for required business expenses. 

California Class Action Complaint Alleges Failure to Provide Meal and Rest Breaks:

According to the lawsuit, Mistras Group, Inc. failed to provide their California workers with mandatory meal and rest breaks. According to California wage and hour law, employers are required to provide their nonexempt employees with a thirty minute lunch or meal break when the worker's shift is longer than five hours in one day. California employers are also required to provide employees with mandatory rest periods or breaks equaling ten minutes for every four hours worked in a day. 

California Employment Law Class Action Currently Pending: 

The California employment law class action is currently pending in the Los Angeles Superior Court of the State of California. Plaintiffs allege that the employer failed to provide their workers with accurate itemized wage statements, failed to keep an accurate record and provide mandatory meal breaks and rest periods, failed to pay overtime, failed to pay minimum wage, failed to reimburse employees for necessary business expenses, and failed to provide wages to employees when they were due. All of the alleged practices are serious violations of California labor law. 

Additional Allegations Cite Unfair Competition in Violation of California Law:

The same complaint claims that Mistras Group, Inc. engaged in acts of unfair competition that violated California's Unfair Competition Law (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17200, et seq. (the "UCL"). The plaintiffs allege that their employer used company wide policies and procedures that failed to accurately record overtime hours worked, and failed to accurately calculate overtime pay rates for the plaintiffs and other California class members in similar circumstances. Additionally, the plaintiffs claim that the Defendant, Mistras Group, Inc., willfully disregarded their legal obligation to meet this burden, and that as a result of the California employer's intentional disregard of California employment law, workers were not paid provided the required compensation for all the hours they worked. 

If you need to discuss overtime violations or if you need to file a California overtime lawsuit, please get in touch with Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik DeBlouw LLP. Experienced employment law attorneys are ready to assist you in any one of various law firm offices located in San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Chicago.