Gafur v. Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center

This is a class action wage and hour case in which plaintiffs, employees of hospitals owned by Legacy Health Systems, seek, among other things, compensation for required meal and rest breaks that they contend defendants did not provide them during work periods. Defendants 1 filed an ORCP 21 motion to dismiss various of plaintiffs’ claims for relief on the ground that, although employees have a private right of action for unpaid wages, the applicable statute does not make that private right of action available for meal or rest period violations of the kind asserted by plaintiffs. The trial…