Wallace

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Wallace’s employment with Karssli Karssli Corporation is a delivery company located in Watsonville, which contracts with FedEx to deliver packages within a designated region. Mustafa Karssli is the owner of the company.2 Wallace was hired by Karssli as a delivery driver in March 2019. According to Wallace, it was established during his interview that he would only work Monday through Friday—aside from the holiday season—because he had other commitments on the weekends. Upon being hired, Wallace was trained to drive a specific delivery route in Santa Cruz. After roughly a week and a half of training, Wallace began driving his route and delivering packages Monday through Friday. During the 2019 holiday season, Wallace worked Saturdays as well but returned to his Monday through Friday schedule afterwards. B. Disputes between Wallace and Karssli management According to Wallace, in February 2020, his supervisor Andrew Barry began pressuring him to work on Saturdays so Barry could be relieved of one of his Saturday

2 References to “Karssli” are to the company. We refer to Mustafa Karssli as “Mustafa” or “Mustafa Karssli” to avoid any confusion…