Walgreen Pharmacy Services Midwest, LLC, Hit with Lawsuit Filed by Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, Alleging Missed Meal and Rest Breaks

RIVERSIDE, Calif., June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Riverside employment law lawyers at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, filed a class action complaint alleging that Walgreen Pharmacy Services Midwest, LLC, failed to pay their California non-exempt employees the correct amount of overtime wages, and also allegedly failed to provide meal and rest periods as required by California law. The Walgreen Pharmacy Services class action lawsuit, Case No. RIC1903150, 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, Walgreen Pharmacy Services allegedly failed and continues to fail to accurately calculate and pay employees for their overtime worked. The class action lawsuit further alleges, in violation of the applicable sections of the California Labor Code and the requirements of the Industrial Welfare Commission ("IWC") Wage Order, Walgreen Pharmacy Services, as a matter of company policy, practice and procedure, intentionally and knowingly failed to compensate its employees at the correct rate of pay for all overtime worked.

Additionally, the lawsuit also states that Walgreen Pharmacy Services allegedly failed to provide their non-exempt employees all legally required off-duty, uninterrupted thirty (30) minute meal breaks and the legally required paid rest breaks. The complaint seeks demands of one (1) hour of pay for each workday in which an off-duty meal period was not timely provided for each five (5) hours of work, and/or one (1) hour of pay for each workday in which a second off-duty meal period was not timely provided for each ten (10) hours of work.

If you would like to know more about the Walgreen Pharmacy Services 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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