"Employees Have Filed A Class-Action Labor Lawsuit Against Blue Apron", 20 Nov 2018

Blue Apron employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company, alleging that they weren’t paid overtime, or for meal breaks, among other labor law violations.  They are seeking back pay for missed wages...The suit, filed...by former Blue Apron employee Rashida Fairley on behalf of all hourly employees, was moved to a federal court in California...Fairley alleges that Blue Apron routinely forced hourly employees to clock out before their meal break, effectively cheating them out of thirty minutes of pay per shift, a practice known in the world of labor law as “time shaving.”...

Blue Apron denied all of Fairley’s claims in its initial response in court.  In an email statement, a Blue Apron spokesperson said, “We cannot comment on pending litigation, though we intend to vigorously defend ourselves.”...

According to court documents...the number of employees represented in the suit, which covers the period between 2014 and 2018, is at least 2,805...

Blue Apron employs thousands of low-wage workers in food processing plants...State regulators fined its Richmond, California, facility for multiple health and safety violations during the time to which this lawsuit pertains...