In-Home Care Company On My Own Hit with Unpaid Overtime Lawsuit

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On My Own, Inc., On My Own Community Services, and On My Own Independent Living Services are the defendants in a proposed class action that claims the companies failed to pay in-home service providers, a role the defendants call “direct service trainers,” proper overtime wages and travel reimbursements. The suit also claims these workers did not receive adequate meal and rest breaks.

Alleging widespread violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and California Labor Code (CLC), the 29-page lawsuit claims proposed collective and class members are subject to the defendants’ policy of not paying all in-home service workers time-and-a-half overtime wages for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek. In-home service providers, the case continues, sometimes work up to 36 hours straight, and between 40 and 60 hours per week, without receiving proper compensation.

The allegations of wage and hour violations don’t stop with the employers’ overtime pay practices. The suit later claims the defendants required in-home service providers to travel between clients’ locations on the clock with their personal vehicles, yet did not pay the workers for this travel time.