Lopez

*776 Plaintiff Eduardo Lopez filed this action seeking recovery of civil penalties under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General *2 Act of 2004 (PAGA; Lab. Code, 1 § 2698 et seq. ) for his employer's failure to include required information on itemized wage statements. The trial court granted summary judgment in the employer's favor on the basis that the uncontroverted evidence showed the employer's omission was not knowing or intentional within the meaning of section 226, subdivision (e)(1) (section 226(e)(1)). Because plaintiff's claim for civil penalties is governed by section 2699 and not section 226(e)(1), we reverse the judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

On April 1, 2015, plaintiff filed a complaint asserting a single cause of action for civil penalties under PAGA. Plaintiff alleged his employer, Friant & Associates, LLC (Friant), failed to include the last four digits of its employees' Social Security numbers or employee identification numbers on itemized wage statements, in violation of section 226, subdivision (a)(7) (section 226(a)(7)).

Friant brought a motion for summary judgment, arguing plaintiff could not prevail on his claim because (1) he did not suffer any injury…