A class action lawsuit has been filed against the California dental clinics claiming the dental care provider failed to pay overtime wages and forced employees to work during lunch and breaks without compensation. SmileCare operates 56 full service dental clinics throughout the state.
The California Labor Code requires overtime work paid at the rate of one and one-half times the employees' regular rate of pay for hours worked in excess of eight hours. California businesses are required to provide ten minute rest periods every four hours of the work shift or a thirty minute lunch break every five hours.
