Edwards

*818 *727 Employee Robin Edwards filed a putative class action lawsuit against employer Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (Heartland) for *728 myriad wage and hour violations. Employees Jaime Torres and Jorge Martinez filed a separate, later putative class action lawsuit against Heartland for similar wage and hour violations. After Edwards entered into a proposed class action settlement with Heartland and amended her complaint to encompass the claims asserted by Torres and Martinez, Torres and Martinez filed a motion to intervene in Edwards' lawsuit. The trial court denied the motion, and Torres and Martinez appealed the court's order. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

1. Three Lawsuits Are Filed Against Heartland

Heartland provides electronic processing services in California and employs sales-based employees to secure clients for those services. It was sued in three separate class action lawsuits for alleged wage and hour violations- Edwards v. Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (Super Ct. L.A. County, 2016, No. BC606083) ( Edwards ), Wilson v. Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (Super Ct. L.A. County, 2016, No. PC056816) ( Wilson ); and Torres v. Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (Super Ct.…