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FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A. Plaintiff’s Complaint This is a class action and PAGA lawsuit. Plaintiff initially filed suit against defendant in November 2018, then filed the operative first amended complaint (FAC) in May 2019. The FAC alleged claims for (1) failure to provide proper meal breaks (§§ 226.7, 512), (2) failure to provide proper rest breaks (§ 226.7), (3) failure to pay minimum wage (§§ 1194, 1197, 1197.1), (4) failure to pay accrued vacation time upon separation (§ 227.3), (5) failure to provide proper wage statements (§ 226, subd. (a)), (6) violations of Business and Professions Code section 17200 (UCL), and (7) PAGA

1 All further undesignated statutory references are to the Labor Code.

2 penalties for all aggrieved employees based on the aforementioned alleged Labor Code violations. The alleged class included “[a]ll current and former non-exempt employees who worked for Defendant[] in the State of California at any time from November 8, 2014, through the present . . . .” At issue in this appeal are the third, fourth, and seventh causes of action. The third cause of action was based on defendant’s alleged failure “to pay for time spent by employees undergoing…