Federal Court Grants Class Certification In Case Involving 30,000 Janitors

Hunter Pyle Law, along with cocounsel, represents approximately 30,000 janitors in the case of Castro v. ABM, et al.  Earlier this year, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California certified three classes in this case.

The Castro case involves claims that ABM failed to reimburse its janitors (called Cleaners) in California for work-related use of their personal cell phones.  Specifically, ABM adopted a series of policies and practices that required the Cleaners to clock in and out using their cell phones, as well as to respond to calls and texts that they received on their cell phones.  The plaintiffs claim that this conduct violated California Labor Code § 2802 and the California Unfair Competition Law.

The Castro case is set to go to trial in 2019.