Amazon Failed to Pay California Workers for Onboarding, Class Action Claims
Martinho v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al
Filed: November 3, 2022 ◆§ 3:22-cv-06849-LB
A class action alleges Amazon has failed to pay California warehouse, distribution center, and fulfillment center employees for hours worked during the onboarding process.
California
A proposed class action alleges Amazon has systematically failed to pay California warehouse, distribution center, and fulfillment center employees for hours worked during the hiring and onboarding processes.
The plaintiff, a former hourly, non-exempt employee who worked at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy, California, from October 2018 to April 2019, claims in the 12-page complaint that Amazon knowingly denied her and other similarly situated employees their wages for every hour worked before their first scheduled shift. The filing alleges violations of California's Labor Code, Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) Wage Orders, and Business and Professions Code.
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After being hired as employees, the plaintiff and similarly situated employees were required to come to an Amazon facility to complete forms concerning eligibility to work legally, the case states. They were also asked to bring documents regarding eligibility to work legally, have an identification card photo taken, and take a drug test, the filing relays.
The suit contends that Amazon did not pay its employees for the one to two hours they spent doing these on-site, post-hire activities while under the company’s control.
The lawsuit looks to represent all current and former Amazon employees at warehouses, distribution centers, and fulfillment centers in California who, after being told they were hired, had to come to an Amazon facility or location in the state to perform work that they were not paid for any time from July 12, 2018 to the present.
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