Facts

On October 16, 2020, Eduardo Gutierrez Nieves, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, brought a class action against Adee Honey Farms and Burkett's Pollination Inc., alleging various wage and hour violations. The class included any and all current and former hourly non-exempt employees of defendants in California from October 16, 2016, through and including December 9, 2021.

PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS: Plaintiff alleged that defendants failed to: pay wages for all overtime hours worked at the overtime rate of pay, authorize or permit all legally required and compliant meal periods or pay meal period premium wages, authorize or permit all legally required and compliant rest periods or pay rest period premium wages, indemnify employees for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by them in direct consequences of discharging their duties, and timely pay earned wages during employment and upon separation for its non-exempt California employees during the class period.

DEFENDANTS' CONTENTIONS: Defendants denied all contentions.

Result

Defendants agreed to pay $182,915 to settle all claims.