Loera, Jr. v. County of Alameda
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division ANTONIO LOERA, JR., et al., Case No. 23-cv-00792-LB
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
v. CONDITIONAL CERTIFICATION
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, Re: ECF No. 16 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION This is an unpaid-wages dispute under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The plaintiffs are current and former Sheriff’s safety aides working for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office at the Oakland International Airport. They sued Alameda County for failing to pay them overtime wages for time they spend performing required work before and after their shifts. This work includes attending “musters” to be briefed on security issues, putting on their body cameras and uniforms, and being driven to and from their posts at the airport.1 The named plaintiffs, Antonio Loera, Jr. and Charlotte Daniels, now move for conditional certification of an FLSA “collective”…