If you worked in California as a delivery driver or route sales representative for Bimbo Bakeries USA at any time between December 2002 and now, there is a class action lawsuit pending in the Orange County Superior Court which could affect your rights.

YOUR FELLOW WORKERS NEED YOUR HELP. In December 2006, a class action lawsuit was filed in Orange County Superior Court against Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. on behalf of its California delivery drivers and sales route representatives. The lawsuit seeks unpaid overtime compensation for hours work in excess of 40 per week, for which premium pay is not given at one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay. The lawsuit seeks unpaid wages and other damages resulting from the company's refusal to permit its hard-working drivers to take uninterrupted half-hour lunch breaks and regular paid ten minute breaks during shifts of 3 1/2 hours or more. California law requires employers to pay overtime rates for all hours worked over 8 in a workday or 40 in a workweek, even where a collective bargaining agreement does not call for such pay. California law provides that employees who are not permitted to take the meal and rest periods allowed under Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order No. 5 must be paid one additional hour of pay for each day that the rest periods are not permitted, and one additional hour of pay for each day that the thirty minute meal periods are not taken. We believe that the failure to permit employees to take paid uninterrupted ten minute breaks, during which the worker is relieved of all job duties, is a serious violation of California's workplace safety and wage and hour laws. We intend to put an end to these serious violations of California law and are seeking back wages and penalties due under the California Labor Code. We are also seeking punitive damages on your behalf. If the class action is successful, every Bimbo Bakeries delivery driver and sales route representative in California may be entitled to compensation. Please contact our offices at your earliest convenience. You can contact us by e-mail or by telephone: walshandwalsh@aol.com (714) 544-6609

We are seeking statements from any current or former employees of Bimbo Bakeries USA who worked in the State of California from December 2002 to the present. If you were a delivery driver / route sales representative at any time during that time period, Class Counsel would like to speak to you.