Legal Opinion
Ricardo Bermudez Vaquero v. Ashley Furniture Industries
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 8, 2016No. 13-56606PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Stoneledge Furniture, LLC, pays its sales associates only on commission but, it is alleged, requires sales associates to do many tasks that are unrelated to sales. Plaintiff Ricardo Bermudez Vaquero, a former sales associate, asserts that this policy violates California’s minimum wage and hour laws. He sued Stoneledge Furniture and its parent company, Defendant Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., on his own behalf and also moved to represent 605 former and current sales associates as a class. The district court granted class certification under Federal…
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