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The Riverside Labor Law Lawyers At Blumenthal, Nordrehaug, & Bhowmik File a Class Action Lawsuit Against Ruan Transport Alleging Unpaid Wages For Their Truck Drivers

May 6, 2016 6:01 PM EDT

San Bernardino, California (PRWEB) May 06, 2016

The Riverside employment law attorneys at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik filed a class action lawsuit against Ruan Transport Corporation alleging that the transportation company failed to lawfully compensate their Truck Driver employees for all their time spent working, including time spent while not driving Ruan's trucks. The class action lawsuit against Ruan Transport Corporation is currently pending in the San Bernardino County Superior Court, Case No. CIVDS1605897. To read a copy of the Complaint, please click here.

The lawsuit filed against Ruan Transport Corporation by the Riverside labor law attorneys at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik alleges that trucking giant failed to enact a policy that provided off-duty thirty minute uninterrupted meal periods to their truck drivers in California. The Class action claims that Ruan's failure to provide California meal and rest breaks is evidenced by their business records which contain no evidence of these breaks.

Additionally, the class action lawsuit alleges that Ruan Transport truck drivers were paid on a piece-rate basis. The Complaint alleges that the truck drivers were not paid all minimum wages to which they were owed because Ruan allegedly failed to record all time worked. Specifically, the Ruan truck driver lawsuit claims that the truck drivers should have been paid minimum wages for their non-driving tasks, these tasks allegedly included the work performed during pre-trip and post-trip inspections and time spent allegedly waiting for Defendant's loads to be ready for transport.

For more information about the class action lawsuit against Ruan Transport Corporation call Attorney Nicholas De Blouw at (866) 771-7099 today or click here for more information.

Blumenthal, Nordrehaug, & Bhowmik is a labor law firm with law offices located in San Diego County, Riverside County, Los Angeles County, Sacramento County, San Francisco County and Chicago, Illinois. The firm represents employees on a contingency basis for violations involving unpaid wages, overtime pay, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination and other types of illegal workplace conduct.

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/05/prweb13399061.htm



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