Meza

BACKGROUND

A. Meza’s allegations Pacific Bell is a telecommunications corporation providing voice, video, data, internet and professional services to businesses, consumers, and government agencies. It has branches around the world, including in California. Pacific Bell hired Meza in January 2014 as a premises technician. Meza’s duties included installing and repairing Pacific Bell’s products and services including UVerse TV, telephones, and internet, transporting equipment and products to and from client locations, conducting pretrip and posttrip inspections of the

3 company van, cleaning and maintaining the company van’s interior, and keeping the company van stocked. Though not alleged in the complaint, Pacific Bell employed Meza until October 2015. In his operative second amended complaint, Meza alleged many Labor Code violations. Meza alleged that Pacific Bell failed to accurately document hours worked, failed to pay overtime wages, failed to provide legally required meal, failed to furnish accurate and complete wage statements, and failed to pay costs for the upkeep of uniforms. Based on the allegations of Labor Code violations, Meza asserted a claim for unlawful business…