Ulta Dodges Retail Worker’s California Pay, Breaks Suit, for Now

Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. won its bid to dismiss a proposed class action alleging it forced retail employees to work through meal and rest breaks and shorted them on overtime and sick pay, a federal judge in California ruled.

Plaintiff Dorcas-Cothy Kabasele didn’t “identify even one specific occasion” when she was denied a full meal or rest break in her complaint, Judge William B. Shubb of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California said Wednesday.

Kabasele, who worked at an Ulta location in San Ramon, Calif., initially sued the cosmetics mega-retailer in September on behalf ...