Home Depot Loses Bid to End California Worker’s Wage Lawsuit

Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. failed to ditch a proposed wage-and-hour class action because a California worker sufficiently alleged the company ran afoul of state law, a federal judge said.

The worker who sued “pointed to a specific time period that helps establish the plausibility of her claims,” which is enough detail for her unpaid overtime and meal and rest break allegations to survive the home improvement chain’s dismissal attempt, the US District Court for the Northern District of California said Monday.

• Plaintiff Lori Loveland alleges Home Depot misclassified her and other assistant store managers as overtime-exempt employees and stiffed them ...