Sandoval Ortega v. AHO Enterprises, Inc.

I. BACKGROUND

1 A. Factual Background 2 Defendant Aho Enterprises, Inc. (“Aho Enterprises”) does business as Superior Body Shop 3 (“Superior”), an automobile body repair business in San Carlos, California. Defendants Jack Aho, 4 Issa Aho, and Hani Aho are brothers who own and operate Aho Enterprises. Superior employs 5 individuals as production workers to perform repair work on cars. Production workers include 6 technicians, technician helpers, detailers, painters, and painter helpers. [Docket No. 48-2 (Hanhan 7 Dep., “PMK Dep.”) 43-45.] There are between 20 and 30 individuals employed as production 8 workers in any given month. Id. at 45. 9 Plaintiffs filed this action on January 23, 2019. In the second amended complaint, which is 10 the operative complaint, Plaintiffs plead the following claims for relief: 1) failure to pay overtime 11 in violation of the FLSA, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.; 2) failure to pay overtime in violation of 12 California Labor Code sections 500, 510, 1194, and the applicable wage order; 3) failure to pay 13 minimum wage in violation of California Labor Code sections 226, 226.6, 1194, 1194.2, 1197 and 14 the applicable wage order; 4) failure to…