Helix Electric Inc. v. Division of Labor Standards Enforcement

MEMORANDUM **

Helix Electric, Inc. (“Helix”) appeals from an order issued by the District Court for the Eastern District of California denying its motion for a preliminary injunction. Helix sought to enjoin appellees Division of Labor Standards Enforcement; Department of Industrial Relations; Donna Dali, California’s Labor Commissioner; John Rea, California’s acting director of the Department of Industrial Relations; and the County of Sacramento from releasing the home addresses of those Helix employees working on a project for the County of Sacramento to the Public Works Compliance Program (“PWCP”). Appellee PWCP had requested these records from the County of Sacramento pursuant to California Labor Code § 1776(e). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (a)(1) and affirm the district court’s denial of the motion for a preliminary injunction.

Given the parties’ familiarity with the facts, we do not fully recount them here. PWCP asserts that it is part of a joint labor-management committee (“LMC”) established pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 175a. California labor law grants any LMC the right to request payroll information and home addresses, but not the names, of workers at public…