Former Employee Accuses Peloton of Wage-and-Hour Violations in California

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A former Peloton Interactive employee alleges in a proposed class action that the fitness equipment and media company has failed to pay proper minimum and overtime wages amid a host of other apparent wage-and-hour violations in California. 

The plaintiff, a Los Angeles resident who worked for Peloton as an hourly sales associate from November 2016 through mid-December 2021, also alleges in the 27-page complaint that he and similarly situated employees were deprived of meal and rest breaks of appropriate durations, wages owed for working through unpaid meal and rest periods and reimbursement for the use of their personal cell phones and vehicles for work-related purposes. 

The former employee also claims that when he was paid overtime, it was not at the correct hourly rate given Peloton failed to account for “additional remuneration,” including commissions and bonuses, when calculating his time-and-a-half wages. The case further alleges that Peloton failed to pay the plaintiff accrued vacation/paid-time-off wages at the time of his termination. 

With regard to meal and rest breaks, the case alleges Peloton “has no written meal-and-rest policy” and failed to provide the plaintiff and similarly situated workers with off-duty, 30-minute meal periods for shifts lasting longer than five hours, and/or 10-minute off-duty rest breaks for every four hours worked. Peloton did not pay affected employees proper wages in lieu of rest and meal breaks, the lawsuit claims. 

The lawsuit looks to cover all current and former non-exempt employees who worked for Peloton in California at any time within the last four years. 

The complaint was initially filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on January 2, 2022 before being removed to California’s Central District Court on March 3. 

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