Qayumi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ARIANA QAYUMI, Case No. 21-cv-00323-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS

v.

TALENT NET, INC., et al., Defendants.

12 In a second amended complaint (SAC), plaintiff Ariana Qayumi alleges 14 federal and California state law employment claims against defendants RBC Capital Markets, LLC and TalentNet, Inc. Dkt. No. 33. Qayumi says she was recruited by RBC as a product manager in its “West Coast Innovation Lab” in 2016. Id. ¶ 1. Rather than employing Qayumi directly, RBC hired her as a contractor through the TalentNet staffing agency. Id. Qayumi alleges a wide array of workplace violations ranging from wage and reimbursement issues to conversion, breach of contract, unfair business practices, and wrongful termination in 2019. RBC asks to dismiss the eighth cause of action for conversion and tenth cause of action for breach of contract under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Dkt. No. 36. The motion is granted, and the eighth and tenth causes…