Albert Johnson v. R and L Carriers Shared Services, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
According to the Complaint, Defendants previously employed Plaintiff as a nonexempt employee driver. Plaintiff alleges he and other drivers were required to perform pre-trip inspections of the trucks they drove and use their personal cellular telephones while off the clock and uncompensated. Plaintiff asserts Defendants required him and other drivers to purchase safety protective equipment and use their personal cellular telephones without reimbursement. (Compl. ¶¶ 14–21, ECF No. 1- 2.) Plaintiff seeks to represent a class of nonexempt employees who worked for Defendants in California. (Id. ¶¶ 22–30.) Plaintiff asserts eight claims: (1) failure to pay minimum wages for all hours worked, (2) failure to pay overtime wages, (3) failure to provide meal periods, (4) failure to authorize and permit rest periods, (5) failure to indemnify necessary business expenses, (6) failure to pay wages of discharged employees, (7) failure to provide and maintain accurate and compliant wage records, and (8) violation of the California Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq. (Id. ¶¶ 31–95.)