Trevor Johnson v. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
Air Products employed Johnson as an hourly-paid, non-exempt employee from approximately May 2016 until on or about March 10, 2022 in Los Angeles County, California. (Compl., Doc. 1-2 ¶¶ 5-7.) Johnson alleges that Air Products and the fictitiously-named Doe Defendants 1-100 engaged in illegal wage practices. On August 11, 2022, Johnson filed a class action complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court, asserting claims for: (1) Violation of Cal. Lab. Code §§1194 and 1197 (Unpaid Minimum Wages); (2) Violation of Cal. Lab. Code §§510, 1194 (Failure to Pay Overtime); (3) Violation of Cal. Lab. Code §§ 226.7 and 512 (Failure to Authorize or Permit Meal Periods); (4) Violation of Cal. Lab. Code § 226.7 (Failure to Authorize or Permit Rest Periods); (5) Violation of Cal. Lab. Code § 204 (Failure to Timely Pay Earned Wages