Ruthie Braswell v. AHMC San Gabriel Valley Medical Center LP

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff is a licensed vocational nurse (“LVN”), formerly employed by AHMC San Gabriel Valley Medical Center LP. (Compl. ¶ 23 (Docket No. 1-1, Ex. A)). She filed this suit against her former employer and nine other affiliate entities, alleging a single cause of action under the California Private Attorneys General Act ("PAGA") for violations of the California Labor Code. (See generally Compl.). Plaintiff brings this suit on behalf of herself, the Labor Workforce Development Agency ("LWDA"), and "Aggrieved Employees" employed by Defendants. (Id.). Plaintiff was employed as a full-time non-exempt employee from 2014 until September 2020, when Plaintiff was placed on disability leave. (Id. ¶ 23). Plaintiff alleges that Defendants wrongly deprived her and the Aggrieved Employees of meal periods, rest periods, overtime wage payments, and a host of other violations under the California Labor Code. (Id. ¶¶ 22–58). Specifically, Plaintiff claims that Defendants failed to keep accurate payroll records, failed to provide meal period breaks, failed to provide rest period breaks, failed to pay minimum and overtime wages, failed to accurately report their wage payments,…