Ocampo

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Nor-Cal is a beverage co-packing company and equipment solutions provider. In January 2021, Ocampo was hired as a Filler Machine Operator II and assigned to Nor-Cal’s production facility in West Sacramento. He was paid $18.58 per hour, and he resigned approximately three months later, in April 2021. On June 22, 2021, a former Nor-Cal employee named Stefan Mayers filed a representative action pursuant to the Private Attorney General Act of 2004 (PAGA) against Nor-Cal seeking civil penalties for alleged Labor Code violations (the Mayers action). Mayers is not a party to the instant case. On July 20, 2021, Ocampo submitted a notice letter to the Labor Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) alleging PAGA claims based on Labor Code violations. On October 13, 2021, Ocampo filed a putative class action and representative complaint (the instant case or Ocampo action) alleging (1) failure to pay all wages owed; (2) failure to pay all overtime

2 wages owed; (3) failure to provide meal periods and pay missed meal period premiums; (4) failure to provide paid rest breaks and pay rest break premiums; (5) failure to provide accurate wage statements; (6)…