Renteria-Hinojosa

I. Background

26 Plaintiff was employed by Defendant from February 2018 to May 2023. 27 (Compl. ¶ 6.) Plaintiff and other employees of Defendant were part of a union, and 28 subject to a collective bargaining agreement between the Union and the Defendant, during the relevant PAGA period beginning on January 11, 2022. (Decl. of Christina Dake (ECF. No 1-3) at 2–3; (ECF Nos. 1-4, Ex. B and 1-5, Ex. C) (“bargaining agreements”); (Compl. at 7).) The first agreement governing Plaintiff’s employment was effective from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2019, but was extended until February 28, 2021. (Decl. of Christina Dake at 3.) A second agreement was then entered into, effective March 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023. (Id.) Both bargaining agreements contain terms related to hours of work — including overtime and meal and rest breaks — wage rates and overtime premiums, other benefits, and job assignment. (See generally bargaining agreements.1) Plaintiff’s PAGA claim is premised on allegations that Defendant engaged in multiple violations of the California Labor Code, including failure to pay minimum wages, failure to pay…