A class action lawsuit has accused fitness studio Core Power Yoga of allegedly shorting its workers' pay, among other alleged violations of California labor law.
The lawsuit was filed in September in Los Angeles County Superior Court, and was removed to federal court in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Oct. 26.
Core Power Yoga failed to pay overtime when employees worked more than 40 hours per week, the lawsuit states. It also failed to pay minimum wages to some employees and failed to "accurately track and/or pay for all hours actually worked at their regular rate of pay that is above the minimum wage," the suit said.
The company at times did not provide meal breaks every five hours or rest breaks every four hours as required by California law, the suit alleges.
It also at times failed to reimburse employees for mileage and gas costs when they drove their personal vehicles for work, used their personal cell phones for work, or purchased tools, the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit seeks back wages, monetary damages and attorney fees.
The plaintiffs are represented by David D. Bibiyan, Jeffrey D. Klein and Anita Lodi, of Bibiyan Law Group P.C., of Beverly Hills.
Kang v. Core Power Yoga, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2:23-cv-09054