Paton v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Opinion

PREMO, J.

I. Introduction

Plaintiff Eric Patón, on behalf of himself and a class of others similarly situated, sued his former employer, defendant Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., alleging that defendant had failed to pay him for an eight-week sabbatical he had earned but not used by the time he resigned. Under defendant’s sabbatical policy, salaried employees with seven years of service were eligible for an eight-week fully paid sabbatical. The leave was forfeited if the employee did not use it before employment terminated.

*1511Plaintiff claimed that defendant’s sabbatical program was really…