In recent news, The Permanente Medical Group faces allegations they violated employment law when they failed to pay sick wages to employees.

The Case: Erica Morris v. The Permanente Medical Group

The Court: Sacramento County Superior Court

The Case No.: 34-2022-00332012

The Plaintiff: Erica Morris v. The Permanente Medical Group

The plaintiff in the case, Erica Morris, was employed by The Permanente Medical Group in 2008. Morris was classified as a non-exempt employee and paid hourly during her employment. As such, she was entitled to legally required meal breaks, rest periods, minimum wage, and overtime pay due for all hours worked. The plaintiff brought the class action wage and hour lawsuit on behalf of herself and other employees and former employees in similar situations during the four years preceding the filing of the complaint (with an end date for qualification as determined by the court). The plaintiff seeks losses incurred by employees due to their employer’s policies and practices on wage payment.

The Defendant: Erica Morris v. The Permanente Medical Group

The defendant in the case, The Permanente Medical Group, is a California Corporation providing medical services to clients throughout California. The group is headquartered in Oakland, California.

The Case: Erica Morris v. The Permanente Medical Group

According to the plaintiff in the case, the employer required employees to work off the clock, did not provide required off-duty meal breaks, did not pay employees for all hours worked due to a practice of rounding employee hours, required employees to submit to mandatory temperature checks and symptom questionnaires off the clock, etc. As a result of these standard practices, the plaintiff claims their employer violated labor law by failing to pay minimum wage, failing to pay overtime pay, and failing to provide off-duty meal breaks. Additionally, the plaintiff claims that the employer’s failure to incorporate incentive pay into their regular rate of pay when calculating overtime violated their rights under employment law. The Complaint also alleges that The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. did not pay employees accurate sick pay wages (in violation of California Labor Code Section 246). When the company paid sick pay wages, they allegedly paid them at a base pay rate that did not include the higher pay rate generated by earned non-discretionary incentive wages employees routinely earned.

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