Lawsuit: Ferguson Enterprises, Wolseley Investments Break Wage and Hour Laws

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Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. and Wolseley Investments, Inc. are on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges they violated federal and state labor laws. The plaintiff, a California resident who worked for the joint enterprise in various positions ranging from a counter representative to a counter manager, claims the defendants failed to compensate him for all the hours he worked by deducting time for breaks he never took and requiring him to work off the clock. Moreover, the suit alleges the defendants went so far as to instruct employees to clock out and continue working. The plaintiff says the companies were short-staffed and didn’t hire enough employees to cover the counter at all times and allow others to take required meal and rest breaks.

The case goes on to claim the defendants fired the plaintiff in retaliation for filing a complaint regarding their alleged decision to alter employees’ time records to reflect that they were taking proper breaks.

The suit, originally filed in December 2017, was removed from the Superior Court of California to the Central District Court of California in January 2018.