in Newswire Published on October 30, 2020

Lawsuit Alleges California Cintas Corporation Employees Denied Proper Wages, Breaks

Landeros v. Cintas Corporation No. 3 et al.

Filed: October 28, 2020 ◆§ 2:20-cv-09931

A proposed class action claims Cintas Corporation has “engaged in a pattern and practice of wage abuse” against its hourly paid, non-exempt California employees.

Defendant(s)

Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. Cintas Corporation No. 2 Cintas Corporation No. 3 Cintas Corporation

Law(s)

California Labor Code California Business and Professions Code

State(s)

California

Categories

Wage and Hour

A proposed class action claims Cintas Corporation has “engaged in a pattern and practice of wage abuse” against its hourly paid, non-exempt California employees.

More specifically, the plaintiff, an ex-employee, alleges he and similarly situated workers were denied proper wages and breaks, among other apparent violations of California labor law.

Filed against Cintas Corporation No. 3, Cintas Corporation No. 2, Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. and Cintas Corporation, the 28-page lawsuit claims workers were not paid proper wages for all hours worked, including when they worked more than 40 hours per week or eight hours in a day. Moreover, Cintas failed to grant employees legally compliant 30-minute meal breaks and 10-minute rest periods or an additional hour of pay for each day in which a compliant break was missed, the case alleges.

According to the suit, workers were not provided with all wages they were owed, including unpaid minimum and overtime wages and meal and rest break premiums, upon discharge or resignation, and have not received such “within any time permissible” under the California Labor Code.

The case goes on to allege that the wage statements provided to Cintas employees were deficient under California law in that they were missing the total number of hours worked by each individual. Per the complaint, the defendants failed to keep accurate payroll records of employees’ hours.

Workers were also deprived of reimbursement for necessary business-related expenses, the plaintiff alleges, arguing that Cintas was fully aware of its obligation to pay employees properly yet refused to comply with California law. From the complaint:

“Plaintiff is informed and believes, and based thereon alleges, that Defendants knew or should have known that they had a duty to compensate Plaintiff and the other class members pursuant to California law, and that Defendants had the financial ability to pay such compensation, but willfully, knowingly, and intentionally failed to do so, and falsely represented to Plaintiff and the other class members that they were properly denied wages, all in order to increase Defendants’ profits.”

The lawsuit, which was removed to California’s Central District Court on October 28, looks to represent residents in the state who worked for the defendants in California as hourly paid or non-exempt employees at any time within the past four years and until final judgment is issued.

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