Rebolledo

Tilly’s, Inc., and World of Jeans & Tops, Inc. (hereafter collectively referred to in the singular as Employer), appeal from the trial court’s order denying its motion to compel arbitration of Maria Rebolledo’s putative class action regarding statutory wage claims. We agree with the trial court’s conclusion the parties’ arbitration agreement expressly excluded statutory wage claims from the arbitration obligation. The order is affirmed.

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Employer hired Rebolledo to work in its warehouse from July 6, 2000, to December 28, 2001. She was rehired on January 28, 2002, and terminated October 30, 2012. In December 2012 she filed a lawsuit on behalf of herself and a putative class of “similarly situated” persons. In February 2013 she filed a first amended complaint, the operative complaint, alleging the following four causes of action against Employer: (1) failure to provide meal periods; (2) failure to provide rest periods; (3) failure to pay wages of terminated or resigned employees; (4) knowing and intentional failure to comply with itemized wage statement provisions; (5) violations of the unfair competition law; and (6) enforcement of the Labor Code Private Attorneys…