Quest Reaches Nearly $4 Million Settlement With Service Employees

Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc. and a group of its employees want a California district court to approve a $3.95 million settlement to resolve the employer’s claims that it banned rest breaks.

If approved, the settlement would resolve claims by current and former Quest employees who allege the company violated California labor laws and the state’s Private Attorneys General Act. Former employee Pamela Stewart accused Quest in 2019 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California of imposing productivity and urgency targets that made it difficult to take proper rest breaks, and failing to pay premiums for missed breaks. …