Labor Lawyers, at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, File Suit Against Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, for Alleged Failure to Pay Employees' Full Wages

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Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company allegedly failed to reimburse employees for required business expenses. Allegedly, this resulted in inaccurate and incomplete wages and wage statements.

TULARE, Calif., Sept. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Los Angeles employment law attorneys, at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, filed a class action complaint alleging that Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company violated the California Labor Code. The Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company class action lawsuit, Case No. VCU312878, is currently pending in the Tulare County Superior Court of the State of California. A copy of the Complaint can be read here.

For more information about the class action lawsuit against Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, call (800) 568-8020 to speak to an experienced California employment attorney today.

According to the lawsuit filed, Defendant allegedly failed to reimburse employees for required business expenses. California Labor Code 2802 expressly states that "an employer shall indemnify his or her employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of his or her duties..." During employment, Plaintiff and other California Class Members were allegedly required to use their personal cellular phones as a result of and in furtherance of their job duties.

California Labor Code § 226 provides that every employer shall furnish each of his or her employees with an accurate itemized wage statement. Plaintiff was paid on an hourly basis. Therefore, Plaintiff's wage statements should reflect all applicable hourly rates during the pay period and the total hours worked, and the applicable pay period in which the wages were earned pursuant to California Labor Code Section 226(a). Allegedly, the wage statements Defendant provided to Plaintiff failed to identify such information.

For more information about the class action lawsuit against Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, call (800) 568-8020 to speak to an experienced California employment attorney today.

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.