Los Angeles, CA: Noble LA Events Inc., is facing an unpaid wages and overtime class action lawsuit filed by a contract employee who alleges violations of California labor law. Plaintiff David Moorer claims the company denied him proper meal and rest breaks and failed to pay him fully for overtime and other earned wages.
Noble LA Events Inc., has placed workers at The Theatre at Ace Hotel and the APEX condominium tower in Los Angeles. According to the complaint, Noble LA Events contracts with a various companies to provide them with employees, including security guards and other professional employees, to work on the companies' premises.
Moorer worked as a security guard, lobby ambassador and services employee for Noble LA Events and its affiliates since 2013. In his complaint, he states:, "As a direct result of defendants' violations alleged herein, plaintiff has suffered and continues to suffer substantial losses related to the use and enjoyment of such wages, including lost interest on such monies and expenses and attorneys' fees in seeking to compel defendants to fully perform its obligation under state law ..."
Specifically, Moorer alleges Noble LA Events posted him at jobs at the APEX The One, a condominium building on S. Figueroa St., The Theatre at Ace Hotel, and at Black Entertainment Television LLC' studio in Los Angeles. During those contract employments Moorer' work schedule required him to regularly work in excess of 40 hours per week and eight hours each day, which entitled him to overtime pay.
However, according to the complaint, Moorer' paystubs did not accurately reflect his applicable overtime hourly rate, total hours worked, net wages earned, gross wages earned and actual applicable wage rate in violation of California Labor Code.
Other defendants named in the complaint are APEX, The Theatre at Ace Hotel and BET, on grounds that a labor contractor shall share legal responsibility and liability for violations of wage and hour laws under California Labor Code.
The case is David Moorer v. Noble LA Events Inc. et al., case number BC578016, in the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles.
