Former Employee Sues American Property Management Over Alleged Wage Violations, Discrimination

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American Property Management, Inc. is on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit filed over alleged labor law violations and discrimination. The plaintiff is a former employee who worked in various positions for the defendant performing property management services between April 2012 and October 2017. She claims the defendant neglected to include incentive bonuses as part of employees’ “regular rate of pay” when calculating time-and-a-half overtime rates, resulting in workers being underpaid for their overtime hours. The suit further alleges that the company violated state law by failing to provide proper rest periods and accurate wage statements.

On top of that, the plaintiff attests that she was discriminated against due to her “gender, pregnancy, pregnancy-related medical condition(s), childbirth, and breastfeeding,” which the woman claims was evident in the defendant’s alleged refusal to promote her and pay her as much as a male coworker. She claims her supervisor admitted the plaintiff would have been her “first choice” for a promotional opportunity if the woman were not about to take leave for the birth of her child. The position was instead awarded to a less experienced, and non-pregnant, female employee, the suit says. The complaint also argues that a male coworker was paid about twice as much as the plaintiff “to perform substantially similar work.”

According to the complaint, the plaintiff was terminated for discriminatory reasons and, though its Human Resources department allegedly agreed with the plaintiff’s allegations, the defendant never investigated the matter.

This case has been removed to California federal court from the Superior Court of the State of California.