Smith v. Grundfos Pumps Manufacturing Corporation

I. BACKGROUND

22 A. Procedural History 23 Defendants Grundfos Americas Corporation, Grundfos CBS Inc., Grundfos Pumps 24 Corporation, Grundfos Pumps Manufacturing Corporation, Grundfos U.S. Holding Corporation, 25 and SFS Holding, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”) are Danish pump manufacturers. (See ECF 26 No. 5 at 13.) The proposed settlement class consists of non-exempt, hourly paid employees who 27 worked for any of the Defendants in California from February 24, 2016 through August 5, 2021. 28 (ECF No. 5-1 at 8.) Plaintiff originally filed this putative class action in the Superior Court of California for the County of Fresno on February 24, 2020. (ECF No. 5 at 13.) Plaintiff subsequently amended his complaint to include representative claims under PAGA. (Id.) On March 10, 2021, Defendants removed this action to federal court. (See ECF No. 1.) The operative Second Amended Complaint 5 alleges claims for: (1) violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act; (2) failure to pay overtime 6 wages; (3) failure to pay minimum wages; (4) meal period violations; (5) rest period violations; 7 (6) non-compliant wage statements and failure to maintain accurate payroll…