California Whistleblower Bartender Crows About COVID and Sues About Pay

This week’s spotlight among COVID-19 related workplace litigation involves a familiar trend: a plaintiff who collectively alleges she was not provided required meal breaks (nor paid for working through them), and individually alleges wrongful termination in retaliation for reporting her employer’s alleged violation of COVID-19 related safety measures. We’ve seen it before and we will see it again—yet another example of a complainant combining COVID-19 related allegations with unrelated wage and hour allegations.
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