Laura Faasua has brought a class action lawsuit against her former employer, Eagle Home Mortgage LLC, for alleged violations of California labor law. According to a court filing, the class action lawsuit against Eagle Home Mortgage is currently pending in the Alameda County Superior Court, Case No. RG18924014, and was filed by San Francisco Labor law attorneys at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP on October 10, 2018. The amount in controversy is under $5 million.
The lawsuit alleges that Eagle Home Mortgage failed to lawfully provide meal and rest periods, and pay minimum wages in a timely manner to their California employees working for the company.
Fassua “was employed by the lender in California as a loan officer from February 2014 to April 2, 2018 and was at all times during her employment with the defendant entitled to be paid minimum wages and entitled to the legally required off-duty meals. The plaintiff was also required to be paid for her rest periods as defendant paid plaintiff only commission wages and/or draws for certain pay periods. defendant did not separately compensate plaintiff for her rest periods,” according to the court filing.
The defendants’ meal period policies and practices are alleged to be unlawful because plaintiffs and other California class members were far too over-booked and overworked to take a timely off-duty 30-minute break for a meal. The lawsuit further alleges that the failure of Eagle Home Mortgage to provide the legally required meal and rest period is evidenced by the company's business records, according to a press release from Blumenthal Nordrehaug.
Additionally, the lawsuit alleges plaintiffs were required by Defendant to use their own personal cellular phones, as a result of and in furtherance of their job duties, as employees for the defendant, but were not reimbursed or indemnified by the defendant for the cost associated with the use of their personal cellular phones for defendant’s benefit. Eagle Home Mortgage was founded in 1981 and operates as a subsidiary of Lennar Corp.
