Case: Wage & Hour/Conditional Certification (C.D. Cal.)

A California federal district court granted the City of Los Angeles’s motion for judgment on the pleadings on claims for withholding of wages and breach of contract in violation of state law brought by an employee, finding that the labor code sections don’t apply to public entities like the City because the statutory language makes no reference to public entities and the City has constitutional authority over employee compensation matters as a charter city.

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