Townley

*180 Plaintiff Krista Townley (Townley) appeals from the judgment entered after the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (BJ's) on her sole cause of action under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 ( Lab. Code, § 2698 et seq. ; PAGA), 1 which sought civil penalties on behalf of herself and other "aggrieved employees" for Labor Code violations. 2 In this appeal, we are asked *181 to determine whether section 2802 requires an employer to reimburse its employees for the cost of slip-resistant shoes as "necessary expenditures ... incurred by the employee[s] in direct consequence of the discharge of [their] duties." (§ 2802, subd. (a).) Because we conclude the statute does not impose such a requirement, we affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The relevant facts are undisputed. BJ's is a California corporation that operates 63 restaurants in California. From approximately April 2011 to April 2013, Townley worked at a BJ's restaurant in Stockton as a server.

To avoid slip and fall accidents, BJ's adopted a safety policy that required all hourly restaurant employees to wear black, slip-resistant, close-toed…