Luis MORALES-GARCIA; Benito Perez-Reyez; Cesar Jimenez-Mendoza; Gabriela Rendon-Vasquez; Juana Velasco-Torres, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
BETTER PRODUCE, INC.; Red Blossom Sales, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued and Submitted February 10, 2023 Pasadena, California.
Steven B. Katz (argued), Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP, Los Angeles, California; Vincent T. Martinez , Twitchell and Rice LLP, Santa Maria, California; Todd C. Hunt , Law Office of Todd C. Hunt APC, Westlake, Village, California; for Defendant-Appellee Better Produce Inc.
George A. Warner , Legal Aid at Work, San Francisco, California; Catherine K. Ruckelshaus , National Employment Law Project Inc., New York, New York; for Amici Curiae Legal Aid at Work and National Employment Law Project.
Robert G. Hulteng , Damon M. Ott , and Alvin Arceo , Littler Mendelson P.C., for Amici Curiae Western Growers Association, Ventura County Agricultural Association, Grower-Shipper Association of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, Grower-Shipper Association of Central California, California Strawberry Commission, and the California Fresh Fruit Association.
Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Richard C. Tallman, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.
OPINION
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the application of a California labor law enacted in 2014 to protect workers whose labor has been outsourced to a labor provider. Under the statute, the outsourcing entity, known as a "client employer," is liable for the laborers' wages if the laborers' work is within the outsourcers...
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