Nayan Lal v. Esoterix, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
Lal filed a putative wage-and-hour class action in California state court on behalf of himself and other current and former employees of Defendants Exoterix, Inc. and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (collectively, “Esoterix”). (Compl., Doc. 1-2, Ex. A. ¶ 1, 22.) Lal asserts six wage-and-hour violations: (1) failure to pay overtime wages “as a result of requiring [employees] to wait in line for and undergo COVID-19 temperature checks prior to clocking in for the start of their work shifts”; (2) failure to pay minimum wages for the same time spent waiting in line for temperature checks; (3) failure to provide meal breaks; (4) failure to provide rest breaks; (5) failure to pay wages upon termination; and (6) failure to provide accurate wage statements. (Id. ¶¶ 32–75.) Lal also realleges these wage-and-hour violations under the unlawful prong of ______________________________________________________________________________