Harvey

BACKGROUND

The allegations and facts in this appeal are taken from the pleadings and the papers filed in connection with defendants‘ petition to compel arbitration. A. Complaint On July 20, 2011, plaintiff George Thomas Harvey filed this action against his former employer, Yellowpages.com, and his former supervisor, Dennis Sly. One month later, plaintiff filed a first amended complaint. It alleged as follows. Plaintiff began working for Yellowpages.com on or about July 10, 2006, as a senior systems specialist. As its name suggests, Yellowpages.com operated a Web site. Plaintiff‘s duties included monitoring the company‘s Web site for ―issues‖ and taking corrective action. He worked the graveyard shift from 12:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday. He was an exemplary employee and performed his duties in a diligent and thorough manner. Plaintiff was regularly required to work more than five hours per day without a meal period and without one hour of additional pay for each workday that a meal period was not provided. Yellowpages.com deducted a 30-minute meal period from each of plaintiff‘s shifts even though he did not receive a meal period. As a result, plaintiff was…