Eight Plaintiffs Claim Vieira Custom Chopping Violated State, Federal Labor Laws

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Vieira Custom Chopping, Inc., V&S Commodity, Inc. and two individuals with control of the companies are the defendants in a proposed class and collective action filed by eight plaintiffs who allege the defendants “routinely violated” California and federal labor laws. The plaintiffs claim that in addition to allegedly not being paid for all hours worked once their employment ended, they were also never provided meal and rest breaks and accurate wage statements.

According to the lawsuit, the defendants—who provide machinery, personnel and transportation to dairies to harvest animal feed—misclassified the plaintiffs and similarly situated employees—namely shop workers, truck drivers, machine operators and weighers—as agricultural workers, illegally exempting the individuals from time-and-a-half overtime pay.