Barnes

BACKGROUND

On March 21, 2012, Barnes filed a complaint against Cedars. Barnes’s first amended complaint alleged causes of action for failure to pay wages, failure to pay overtime compensation, failure to provide meal periods, failure to provide rest periods, failure to maintain records, violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200, failure to produce payroll records for inspection upon demand, and failure to produce her personnel file for inspection on demand. The complaint alleged that Barnes worked for Cedars from 1997 until Cedars terminated her on December 20, 2011. Cedars had failed to pay wages due to Barnes after her discharge, in violation of Labor Code sections 201 and 202, “by failing to pay all overtime and/or all hours worked and/or all meal period and/or rest period compensation due.” Cedars had failed to timely pay Barnes, a nonexempt employee, for overtime and double-time. Although Cedars was required to provide a 30-minute meal period for each 10-hour period of work, Cedars failed to do so and required Barnes to work during mandated meal periods in violation of Labor Code section 226.7, subdivision (a), and as a result Cedars was required to pay Barnes…