HSBC sued for violating labor laws in California
Former HSBC employee Steven Levy is suing British bank HSBC for not compensating employees in overtime pay and for missing lunch breaks in California.
Law firm Nichols Kaster & Anderson is representing the lead plaintiff and is seeking class action status for the wage violations.
The complaint is against the misclassification of job positions that are exempt from collecting overtime pay, but should in fact, have the right to be compensated.
Levy and his lawyers alleged that the positions “personal banking officers”, “premier relationship managers”, “small business specialists” and “business banking specialists” should not be excluded from the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act because these four roles are sales-oriented and sell the bank products, like credit cards and loans.
Levy was a personal banking officer and premier relationship manager at HSBC’s Beverly Hills office.
The lawsuit also charges that the bank did not compensate tellers, personal bankers, consumer bankers and misclassified staff when they missed meals, even though HSBC was required to do so by Californian law.
This is the second labor lawsuit against HSBC by employment law firm Nichols Kaster & Anderson. The first one was fairly similar, which concerned loan officers and sales assistants.
The law firm is seeking more class members in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania to expand the class action suit.
HSBC declined to comment on their part of the lawsuit.
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