Post by Logan on Jan 26, 2016 23:58:33 GMT -6
Paramount sued by production assistants over wages, bathroom breaks
Production assistant is hardly the most glamorous job the movie business has to offer, but a group of workers says a major Hollywood studio has pushed too far.
Los Angeles-based Paramount Pictures and a group of production companies were recently hit with a lawsuit filed on behalf of four assistants who say they were not paid minimum wage or overtime despite working "round-the-clock."
The suit, filed last week in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, also says the workers were not allowed to take breaks for meals or to use the restroom, leaving them to instead use their cars as bathrooms.
"Due to limitations on their ability to leave their assigned locations, many of the plaintiffs are forced to urinate and defecate into bottles and buckets in their vehicles," the lawsuit says.
Read more: www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-paramount-pa-lawsuit-20160126-story.html
Production assistant is hardly the most glamorous job the movie business has to offer, but a group of workers says a major Hollywood studio has pushed too far.
Los Angeles-based Paramount Pictures and a group of production companies were recently hit with a lawsuit filed on behalf of four assistants who say they were not paid minimum wage or overtime despite working "round-the-clock."
The suit, filed last week in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, also says the workers were not allowed to take breaks for meals or to use the restroom, leaving them to instead use their cars as bathrooms.
"Due to limitations on their ability to leave their assigned locations, many of the plaintiffs are forced to urinate and defecate into bottles and buckets in their vehicles," the lawsuit says.
Read more: www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-paramount-pa-lawsuit-20160126-story.html