California salon chain sued for overtime violations
A class action lawsuit related to time and attendance violations was recently levied against California-based nail salon chain Natalie Salon by four of its current and former employees.
The employees claim they were not paid overtime despite often working as long as 10-and-a-half hours per day, and were not given meal and rest breaks as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The salon is also accused of confiscating workers' tips and making deductions from their paychecks to offset the costs of accidents such as dropping nail polish.
Winnie Kao of the San Francisco-based Asian Law Caucus noted that violations of employee attendance and compensation laws are especially prevalent during periods of economic downturn.
"(Employers) feel they can get away with more because people need the jobs," she said, as quoted by Hyphen magazine.
According to Kimchi Bui, director of the Los Angeles office of the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division, the Los Angeles restaurant industry is another that's notorious for underpaying workers. In May, a Westchester Thai restaurant agreed to pay $162,000 in overtime back wages to employees who worked up to 12 hours a day and were paid as little as $45, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The employees claim they were not paid overtime despite often working as long as 10-and-a-half hours per day, and were not given meal and rest breaks as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The salon is also accused of confiscating workers' tips and making deductions from their paychecks to offset the costs of accidents such as dropping nail polish.
Winnie Kao of the San Francisco-based Asian Law Caucus noted that violations of employee attendance and compensation laws are especially prevalent during periods of economic downturn.
"(Employers) feel they can get away with more because people need the jobs," she said, as quoted by Hyphen magazine.
According to Kimchi Bui, director of the Los Angeles office of the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division, the Los Angeles restaurant industry is another that's notorious for underpaying workers. In May, a Westchester Thai restaurant agreed to pay $162,000 in overtime back wages to employees who worked up to 12 hours a day and were paid as little as $45, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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