Serrano

Serrano v. Aerotek, Inc.

Caution
21 Cal. App. 5th 773·230 Cal. Rptr. 3d 802
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMarch 9, 2018A149187California4,243 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Humes, J.

*775 Plaintiff Norma Serrano brought this lawsuit against her former employer, Aerotek, Inc., which placed her as a temporary employee *776 with its client, Bay Bread, LLC. She raised four causes of action against Aerotek and Bay Bread based on their alleged failure to provide meal periods. On appeal, she challenges an order granting summary judgment to Aerotek, arguing the trial court erred by determining that Aerotek satisfied its own duty to provide meal periods and was not liable for any meal period violations by Bay Bread. We affirm.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Aerotek is a staffing agency that places temporary employees with its clients. Bay Bread operates a food production facility in South San Francisco. In September 2010, Aerotek and Bay Bread entered a contract under which Aerotek provided temporary employees to work at Bay Bread. The contract stated that temporary employees would work "under [Bay Bread's] management and supervision at a facility or in an environment controlled by [Bay Bread]" and that it was Bay Bread's "responsibility to control, manage and supervise the work" these employees were assigned to perform under the contract.

*804 The contract…

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