Extract to table

This deduction is intended to account for the thirty-minute unpaid meal period that the employee is required to take under AMA's Meal and Rest Break Policy and California law

These policies expressly require: • A thirty-minute uninterrupted, duty-free meal period for every shift exceeding five hours; • A second thirty-minute meal period for every shift exceeding ten hours; • A ten-minute paid rest period for every four hours worked or major fraction thereof; • That employees are relieved of all duties during meal and rest periods; • That employees who are unable to take a compliant meal period must report the missed break to their supervisor and are entitled to a one-hour premium payment

Under California class certification standards, Plaintiffs must demonstrate, among other things, that common issues predominate over individual issues (Brinker, 53 Cal

27, 35, a damages model at the class certification stage must be consistent with the plaintiff's theory of liability

Specifically, the model must measure only those damages attributable to the theory of liability on which the class is certified

However, we must acknowledge that California state courts have generally been more liberal than federal courts in applying the Northgate Enterprises standard