Class Action Against Pacific Design Center

Fighting for Victims of Wage Theft

By Rolando Gutierrez, Trial Attorney

Building on Baker, Burton & Lundy’s past successes in class action lawsuits, the firm is now fighting for justice for those who have been victims of wage theft. Wage theft is when an employer fails to pay an employee their earned wages.
 
On February 15, 2023, a class action lawsuit was filed 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;
·      Failure to Indemnify or Reimburse Business Expenses;
·      Failure to Provide Accurate Itemized Wage Statements;
·      Waiting Time Penalties; and
·      Unfair Competition and Unlawful Business Practices.
 
The lawsuit was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court, and is captioned Jeremy McArthur v. Pacific Design Center 1, LLC, et al., Case No: 24STCV03908.
 
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, or “PAGA” for short, was submitted to the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency seeking civil penalties for these Labor Code violations.  On April 9, 2024, a First Amended Complaint was filed adding a PAGA claim.
 
If you would like more information about this class action lawsuit, contact Rolando J. Gutierrez at (310) 376-9893 or at rolando@bakerburtonlundy.com.

Please note: This document does not constitute legal advice. Please consult an attorney for legal advice on what to do in a particular situation.