Maldonado v. Epsilon Plastics

Plaintiffs filed a successful wage and hour class action against defendant over the use of an Alternative Workweek Schedule (AWS). After the trial court held that the AWS was improperly adopted, plaintiffs obtained judgment for unpaid overtime, interest, waiting time penalties, inaccurate wage statement penalties, and attorney's fees. The Court of Appeal held that the evidence did not support the full award of damages for unpaid overtime and that the wage statement penalties must be reversed. Accordingly, the court affirmed the trial court's judgment in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions for the trial court to (1) reduce the award of overtime damages to provide the overtime premium of 1 hour 45 minutes per shift, rather than 2 hours per shift; (2) recalculate the waiting time penalties and interest accordingly; and (3) eliminate the award for wage statement penalties. The court vacated the trial court's award of attorney's fees in order to permit the trial court to reconsider the issue following remand. View "Maldonado v. Epsilon Plastics" on Justia Law