Case: Wage & Hour/California Class Actions (C.D. Cal.)

A California federal district court denied hourly, non-exempt employees’ motion to remand their class action against Sealy, Inc. alleging violations of California Labor Code provisions for minimum wages, meal and rest periods, unreimbursed expenses, timely payment of wages, and accurate wage statements, finding that while the claims were not preempted by federal labor law, the court had jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act because Sealy demonstrated the amount in controversy exceeded $5 million based on reasonable assumptions derived from the allegations in the complaint.

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