Robert B. Hall v. Fedex Ground Package System, Inc.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

Plaintiff commenced this wage-and-hour action in Los Angeles Superior Court on August 9, 2019. Plaintiff's state court Complaint asserted ten causes of action: (1) failure to provide required meal periods, Cal. Labor Code §§ 226.7, 510,512, 1194, 1197; Industrial Wage Commission Order (“IWC Order’) No. 9-2001, § 11; (2) failure to provide required rest periods, Cal. Labor Code§§ 226.7, 512; IWC Order No. 9-2001, § 12; (3) failure to pay overtime wages, Cal. Labor Code§§ 510, 1194, 1198; IWC Order No. 9-2001, § 3; (4) failure to pay minimum wage, Cal. Labor Code§§ 1194 - 1197; IWC Order No. 9-2001, § 4; (5) failure to pay all wages due to discharged or quitting employees, Cal. Labor Code §§ 201, 202, 203; (6) failure to maintain required records, Cal. Labor Code§§ 226,1174; IWC Order No. 9-2001,§ 7; (7) failure to provide accurate itemized wage statements, Cal. Labor Code§§ 226; IWC Order No. 9-2001, § 7; (8) failure to indemnify employees for necessary expenditures incurred in discharge of duties, Cal. Labor Code § 2802; (9) unlawful deductions from…