Stuart v. Radioshack Corp.

ORDER RE EQUITABLE DEFENSES TO § 2802 CLAIM

EDWARD M. CHEN, United States Magistrate Judge.

California Labor Code § 2802 states in relevant part that “[a]n employer shall indemnify his or her employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of his or her duties, or of his or her obedience to the directions of the employer, even though unlawful.” Cal. Lab.Code § 2802(a). Currently pending before the Court is the issue of whether equitable defenses — -specifically, equitable estoppel and laches — may be asserted against a claim for…