Baldomero

I. Background

Isocare Convalescent Hospital is a skilled nursing facility located in Glendale, California, which provides treatment and care to up to 94 live-in residents. Since 2007, the convalescent hospital has been owned by a company known as Allen Care Center, Inc. (Allen), which is controlled by Chief Executive Officer John Okorocha (Okorocha). Throughout this opinion, we will refer to the convalescent hospital, Allen, and Okorocha collectively as “Isocare.”

2 Baldomero is a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) who was employed by Isocare from June 6, 2008 through June 4, 2009. Isocare terminated Baldomero’s employment in June 2009, allegedly because it learned she had been convicted of theft in 1998 and had a restricted nursing license.

II. Complaint

Baldomero filed a putative class action complaint against Isocare in August 2010. The complaint alleged that Isocare’s policies and practices prevented its LVNs from taking timely, uninterrupted 30-minute off-duty meal breaks, required LVNs to work overtime without pay, maintained inaccurate records of hours worked, and failed to provide itemized wage statements. The complaint further alleged that Isocare failed to pay…