Morrison

I. BACKGROUND

19 A. Factual Background 20 Plaintiff brought this wage and hour class action against Defendant American National 21 Red Cross on behalf of herself and a putative class of instructors who taught training courses to 22 Defendant’s clients in California. See generally Dkt. No. 39 (“SAC”). Plaintiff alleges that 23 Defendant required its instructors to use their personal cell phones to carry out their job duties, 24 including communicating with Defendant and its clients regarding class scheduling, but Defendant 25 did not reimburse any portion of instructors’ cell phone expenses. See id. at ¶¶ 3, 27–29, 44. 26 Additionally, according to Plaintiff, Defendant did not authorize and permit instructors to take 27 meal and rest breaks, nor did Defendant compensate instructors for missed breaks. Id. at ¶¶ 4–5, 30–33, 51–52, 59, 63. Instead, Defendant required instructors to be available to students during all scheduled class time, which impeded instructors’ ability to take any meal or rest breaks. See id. at ¶ 31. Plaintiff contends that as a result of these practices, Defendant also failed to comply with numerous provisions of California’s Labor Code…