Total Renal Care is the target of a proposed class action Complaint filed by five of their California employees who allege various California Labor Code violations

The San Francisco employment law lawyers at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug and Bhowmik filed a proposed class action Complaint against Total Renal care, Inc. (“Renal”) for allegedly failing to provide their hourly California employees with the legally required meal and rest periods. The lawsuit also claims that Renal manipulated time records to avoid paying all overtime worked by their California employees. The Total Renal Care lawsuit, Case No. CGC-16-550847 is currently pending in San Francisco County Superior Court. To view a copy of the Complaint, click here.

The lawsuit filed against Total Renal Care claims that the company failed to accurately “record and pay Plaintiff and other California Class Members for the actual amount of time these employees worked, including overtime worked.” Under the California Labor Code, an employee who is classified as non-exempt and is paid on an hourly basis must be paid overtime wages for time worked in excess of eight hours in a workday and time worked over forty hours in a workweek.

The Complaint also alleges that the employees working for Renal in California were not always able to take their meal and rest breaks in accordance with the California Labor Code. before their fifth hour of work. California law requires employers to provide their non-exempt employees paid on an hourly basis with thirty minute meal periods before the employee works five hours.

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