Wage and Hour Class Action Against Pacific Red, LLC, Pacific Design Center 1, LLC, and Cohen PDC LLC

29 Mar Wage and Hour Class Action Against Pacific Red, LLC, Pacific Design Center 1, LLC, and Cohen PDC LLC

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On February 15, 2023, our firm filed a class action lawsuit against Pacific Red, LLC, Pacific Design Center 1, LLC, and Cohen PDC LLC, alleging wage claims for::

Failure to Pay Minimum Wages;

Failure to Pay Overtime and Double Time Compensation;

Failure to Provide Meal Periods;

Failure to Provide Rest Periods; and

Failure to Indemnify or Reimburse Business Expenses.

We filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court. It is captioned Jeremy McArthur v. Pacific Design Center 1, LLC, et al., Case No: 24STCV03908. A copy of the complaint can be accessed here.

The class action seeks to certify a class defined as “all current and former non-exempt employees who work or worked for Pacific Red, LLC, Pacific Design Center 1, LLC, and/or Cohen PDC LLC during the time-period of February 15, 2020, to the Present.”

The lawsuit alleges that Pacific Design Center, located in West Hollywood, California, employs non-exempt employees under various job classifications, such as “engineers,” “security,” “janitors,” and under various departments such as its in-house restaurants, cafes, and fitness centers. Irrespective of these classifications or departments, the lawsuit alleges that Pacific Design Center implements common policies, procedures, and practices that unlawfully fail to compensate non-exempt employees for all hours worked, including overtime and/or double compensation for work exceeding eight (8) hours per day or forty (40) hours per week, as well as systemic meal and rest break violations. The lawsuit also alleges that employees are not reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred for the benefit of Pacific Design Center.

Based on these allegations, the class action seeks to recover unpaid wages, premium wages for missed meal and rest breaks, unreimbursed expenses, and other statutory penalties, on behalf of all non-exempt employees from February 15, 2020, through the present.  In addition to this class action lawsuit, a claim under the California Private Attorney General Act has been submitted to the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency seeking civil penalties for these Labor Code violations.  

If you would like more information about this class action lawsuit, contact Rolando J. Gutierrez at (213) 613-0500 or at [email protected].

Rolando Gutierrez

Rolando Gutierrez

Rolando Gutierrez is Special Counsel with BROWN WHITE & OSBORN, LLP. His practice primarily focuses on complex litigation including Consumer Class Actions, Wage & Hour Class Actions, and PAGA Actions. Mr. Gutierrez also litigates employment and personal injury matters.
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