Avery
Avery v. TEKsystems, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 BO AVERY, PHOEBE RODGERS, Case No. 22-cv-02733-JSC KRISTY CAMILLERI, and JILL 8 UNVERFERTH, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, ORDER RE: MOTION TO REMAND 9 UNFAIR COMPETITION CLAIM Plaintiffs, 10 Re: Dkt. No. 154 v. 11
TEKSYSTEMS, INC.,
12 Defendant. 13
14 A certified class of Recruiters for TEKsystems, Inc. (“TEK”) allege TEK improperly 15 classifies them as exempt from California overtime, wage, and hour laws and therefore illegally 16 underpays recruiters. (Dkt. No. 1-2.)1 Plaintiffs filed this action in California state court and 17 Defendants removed it to this Court. (Dkt. No. 1.) Now pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ 18 motion to sever and remand the Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 19 17200, et seq., claim to state court. (Dkt. No. 154.) Having carefully considered the parties’ 20 submissions, and with the benefit of oral argument on October 2, 2025, the Court GRANTS 21 Plaintiffs’ motion to remand the UCL…