Carbajal

BACKGROUND

Imperial is a janitorial company that provides maintenance and cleaning services at several government buildings in California. Respondent Alfonso Solis owns the

2 company and Respondents Erma Solis, Marc Lopez, and Maria Perez are former Imperial employees. Appellants Carbajal, Beltran, and Sanchez all formerly worked as janitors for Imperial. Although all three started on different dates, they all were terminated on the same date: May 29, 2015, when they were released for failing to provide documentation establishing their right to work in the United States. Shortly after their termination, Appellants filed a complaint that raised eight class action claims against Respondents and one claim under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (Lab. Code, § 2698 et seq.). Over three years later, Appellants moved for class certification of a class consisting of all of Imperial’s current and former non-exempt janitors since February 2, 2012. They also sought class certification for five subclasses. First, Appellants sought to certify a subclass consisting of all of Imperial’s current and former employees who were allegedly not paid for all hours worked since…