Rojas-Cifuentes

BACKGROUND

I AMS and Its Grace Period Policy AMS manufactures and installs modular classrooms for schools. It manufactures these classrooms at two facilities in Manteca, California, and it then installs them at locations throughout the state. Employees at AMS’s Manteca facilities typically begin their shifts at 6:00 a.m. and end at 2:30 p.m. An initial bell at 6:00 a.m. instructs employees to begin working, a

2 second bell at 2:20 p.m. tells employees to begin cleaning their workspace, and a third bell at 2:30 p.m. tells employees to cease working. Under AMS’s “grace period” policy, employees may enter AMS’s facilities and “punch in” up to five minutes before 6:00 a.m., but they may not begin working before the bell at 6:00 a.m. signals the start of work.1 Nor, under AMS’s policy, may they continue working after 2:30 p.m. AMS informs employees about its rule prohibiting working before 6:00 a.m. and charges certain supervising employees with enforcing this rule. Based on this policy, AMS typically compensates its employees based on their scheduled start and end times, even if the times they punch in and out reflect somewhat different times. II Rojas’s Class Action Lawsuit Rojas…