About The Case: Reuland v South Coast Brewing Company

This blog is for informational purposes about a pending California class action lawsuit and how you can participate if you are an interested member of the class. 

The case is entitled Reuland v South Coast Brewing Company  Orange County Court Case No. CXC 30-2013-00664320.

On July 23, 2013 Plaintiff, Daniel Reuland, filed a class action complaint pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 382, on behalf of Plaintiff and all non-exempt employees employed by, or formerly employed by, South Coast Brewing Company, an unknown business entity, and Steelhead Brewing Company, an unknown business entity;(collectively “Defendants”), within the State of California. 

For at least four years prior to the filing of this action and through to the present, Defendants consistently maintained and enforced against Defendants’ non-exempt employees, among others, the following unlawful practices and policies, in violation of California state wage and hour laws. 

Specifically, the Complaint alleged Defendant has had a consistent policy of:

(a) requiring employees to work more than eight (8) hours in any given day and/or more than forty (40) hours in any given week, and not pay overtime compensation pursuant to applicable California Labor Code requirements;

(b) failing to pay its employees wages for all hours worked; 

(c) requiring Class Members within the State of California, including Plaintiff, to work at least five (5) hours without a lawful meal period and failing to pay such employees one (1) hour of pay at the employees’ regular rate of compensation for each workday that the meal period is not provided, as required by California state wage and hour laws; 

(d) failing to provide Class Members within the State of California, including Plaintiff, rest periods of at least (10) minutes per three and a half (3.5) hours worked and failing to pay such employees one (1) hour of pay at the employees regular rate of compensation for each workday that the rest period is not provided, as required by California state wage and hour laws; 

(e) failed to maintain accurate records of Class Members’ earned wages and work periods as evidenced by Defendant’s failure to keep adequate records of meal periods; 

(f) with respect to Class Members who either were discharged, laid off, or resigned, during the Relevant Time Period, Defendants failed to pay them in accordance with the requirements of Labor Code §§ 201, 202, 203. 

You may have received a letter from your employer, Steelhead Brewing Company or South Coast Brewing Company, regarding a General Release of All Claims. If you have any questions about the scope of this letter prior to signing, please contact our office immediately. 

This blog is for informational purposes about the class action lawsuit and how you can participate if interested. 

We are looking for other employees who experienced similar mistreatment or former employees or former managers who have information regarding this conduct. If you would like a copy of the Complaint or have any questions regarding this case please contact:

Richard E. Quintilone II, Esq.
Quintilone & Associates
22974 El Toro Road, Suite 100
Lake Forest, CA 92630-4961
Telephone: 949.458.9675
Facsimile: 949.458.9679
Email: req@quintlaw.com
Web: www.quintlaw.com 
 

Fernando Guzman
Legal Assistant - Se Hablo Espanol
Email: fxg@quintlaw.com
Web: www.quintlaw.com
 
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT SOUTH COAST BREWING CO. AND ALL CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED FROM RETALIATING AGAINST EMPLOYEES FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR INVESTIGATION. 

If you feel that you or other workers have been subjected to retaliation or intimidation, please contact us or the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement immediately. See http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/
 
Please contact us at the phone number or email address above so we may continue our investigation of the allegations in this case.