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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A former Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles employee is suing the restaurant chain, alleging unpaid overtime, non-compensation for missed meal and rest breaks and other labor issues.
Plaintiff Jaime Alejandro Carbajal-Torres worked for Roscoe's from November 2001 until last March. His proposed Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit seeks to represent himself and other employees who have done cleaning work, prepared and served beverages and transferred meals to servers.
The suit seeks unspecified damages as well as injunctions prohibiting Roscoe's from committing further alleged Labor Code violations and requiring the establishment of "appropriate and effective means" to prevent future alleged violations.
A Roscoe's representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the suit brought Friday.
For at least four years prior to the filing of the suit and continuing to the present, Roscoe's has failed to pay overtime wages to the plaintiff and the other proposed class members who have worked more than eight hours a day or 40 hours weekly, and sometimes seven consecutive days.
Roscoe's also has neglected to pay the plaintiff and others the full wages owed upon termination or resignation, the suit further alleges.
Roscoe's has six locations in Los Angeles County and one in Orange County in Anaheim.