Balderrama-Baca v. Clarence Davids & Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

John Z. Lee, United States District Judge

Plaintiffs are current and former employees of Defendant Clarence Davids and Company (“Clarence Davids”) who have filed a lawsuit alleging that Clarence Davids required them to perform off-the-clock work without pay in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., and the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (IMWL), 820 Ill. Comp. Stat. 105/1 et seq. They also allege that Clarence Davids covered the cost of employees’ uniforms by taking payroll deductions without first obtaining contemporaneous written…