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Modification: Gutierrez v. Brand Energy Services of California

Ruling by

Teri L. Jackson

Lower Court

Alameda County Superior Court

Lower Court Judge

Winifred Y. Smith

Trial court erred in interpreting Wage Order 16 Section 5(D) as permitting employees and employers to enter CBA's that waived right to all compensation for employer-mandated travel time.





Court

California Courts of Appeal 1DCA/3

Cite as

2020 DJDAR 6963

Published

Jul. 7, 2020

Filing Date

Jul. 2, 2020

Opinion Type

Modification

Disposition Type

Reversed and Remanded


CARLOS GUTIERREZ,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

BRAND ENERGY SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.,

Defendant and Respondent.

 

No. A154604

(Alameda County

Super. Ct. No. RG17846239)

California Courts of Appeal

First Appellate District

Division Three

Filed July 2, 2020

 

Trial Judge: Robert McGuiness, J.

 

Counsel

 

Keller Grover, Eric A. Grover, Robert W. Spencer; Law Offices of Scot D. Bernstein and Scot D. Bernstein; Legal Aid of Marin and Ellyn L. Moscowitz for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, Ronald W. Novotny and Brian M. Wheeler for Defendant and Respondent.

 

THE COURT:

 

It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on June 16, 2020, be modified as follows: On page 2, the first sentence of the first paragraph of the factual and procedural background section, "Plaintiff was a journeyman scaffold worker at gasoline refineries owned and operated by Brand between 2010 and November 2015," is changed to "Plaintiff was a journeyman scaffold worker employed by Brand between 2010 and November 2015."

There is no change in the judgment.

Respondent's petition for rehearing is denied.

 

 

Dated: July 2, 2020

FUJISAKI, J., Acting P. J.

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