Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions, Inc.

Opinion

CORRIGAN, J.

Here we hold that, under the California wage order covering security guards, these plaintiffs are entitled to compensation for all on-call hours spent at their assigned worksites under their employer’s control.

I. BACKGROUND

The relevant facts are not in dispute. As applicable here, CPS employed on-call guards 3 to provide security at construction worksites. Part of each guard’s day was spent on active patrol. Each evening, guards were required to be on call at the worksite and to respond to disturbances should the need arise.

More specifically, a guard’s obligations differed…