Harmony Blossom v. Waldorf Astoria Employer, LLC

I. BACKGROUND

According to the complaint, Plaintiff is a California resident who worked for Defendants as a nonexempt server beginning in 2017. (Compl. 4 7, 13.) Plaintiff alleges Defendants violated various California labor laws, asserting eight claims: (1) failure to pay minimum wages, Cal. Lab. Code §§ 204, 1194, 1194.2, 1197; (2) failure to pay overtime compensation, id. §§ 1194, 1198; (3) failure to provide meal periods, id. §§ 226.7, 512; (4) failure to authorize and permit rest breaks, id. § 226.7; (5) failure to indemnify necessary business expenses, id. § 2802; (6) failure Page 1 of 2 CIVIL MINUTES — GENERAL Initials of Deputy Clerk SMO

to timely pay final wages at termination, id. §§ 201–03; (7) failure to provide accurate itemized wage statements, id. § 226; and (8) unfair business practices, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200. (Id. ¶¶ 29–93.) Plaintiff seeks to represent a class of people who worked for Defendants in California as hourly, nonexempt employees at any time between November 6, 2019, and the date class notice issues. (See id. ¶¶ 20– 28.)

II. LEGAL STANDARD

“Federal courts are courts of limited…