Wang

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 5 GARY WANG, Case No. 20-cv-00569-BLF Plaintiff,

ORDER RE PARTIES’ TRIAL BRIEFS

v. ON JOINT EMPLOYER ISSUE EHANG HOLDINGS LIMITED, et al., [RE: ECF 161, 162] Defendants. 11 With leave of the Court, Plaintiff filed a third amended complaint adding allegations that || Huazhi Hu was his joint employer, and adding Hu as a defendant to Claim 3 for violations of || California Labor Code §§ 201 and 203. At the Jury Instruction Conference, the Court requested || additional briefing on a corporate officer’s potential liability as a joint employer. The Court now || confirms that Plaintiff may proceed on his joint employer theory pursuant to the definition of “employer” set forth in Martinez v. Combs, 49 Cal. 4th 35, 66 (2010). While Martinez addressed Z a claim under California Labor Code § 1194, California courts and district courts…