Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, File a Class Action Lawsuit Against Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance Agency, Inc., Alleging Missed Meal and Rest Periods

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (PRWEB) January 31, 2020

The Los Angeles employment law lawyers at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, filed a class action complaint alleging that Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance Agency, Inc., failed to provide their California employees with meal and rest periods as required by California law. The Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance Agency, Inc., class action lawsuit, Case No. RIC2000006, is currently pending in the Riverside County Superior Court for the State of California. A copy of the Complaint can be read here.

According to the lawsuit filed in the Riverside Superior Court, The Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance Agency, Inc., allegedly failed to provide their employees with meal and rest breaks because allegedly Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance Agency, Inc., did not have a policy to provide their hourly employees thirty (30) minute uninterrupted meal breaks prior to their fifth (5th) hour of work. California labor laws require an employer to provide an employee required to perform work for more than five (5) hours during a shift with, a thirty (30) minute uninterrupted meal break prior to the end of the employee's fifth (5th) hour of work.

Additionally, the complaint further alleges The Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance Agency, Inc., committed acts of unfair competition in violation of the California Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17200, et seq. (the "UCL"), by engaging in a company-wide policy and procedure which failed to accurately calculate and record all missed meal and rest periods by PLAINTIFFS and other CALIFORNIA CLASS Members. As a result of DEFENDANT's intentional disregard of the obligation to meet this burden, DEFENDANT allegedly failed to properly calculate and/or pay all required compensation for work performed by the members of the CALIFORNIA CLASS and violated the California Labor Code.

If you would like to know more about the Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance Agency, Inc., lawsuit, please contact Attorney Nicholas J. De Blouw today by calling (800) 568-8020.

Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP is an employment law firm with offices located in San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Riverside and Chicago that dedicates its practice to helping employees, investors and consumers fight back against unfair business practices, including violations of the California Labor Code and Fair Labor Standards Act. If you need help in collecting unpaid overtime wages, unpaid commissions, being wrongfully terminated from work, and other employment law claims, contact one of their attorneys today.

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