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Case 3:11-cv-00982-CFD Document 1 Filed 06/20/11 Page 12 <strong>of</strong> 20opinions about it and in exchange for your time [that’s why] we’ll do <strong>the</strong> entire cleaningfor you at no charge.”;c) Independent Dealers spent <strong>the</strong> majority <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir workweek doingsomething o<strong>the</strong>r than home demonstrations, as described above;d) Independent dealers had no freedom from direct supervision, even duringhome demonstrations. Defendants required <strong>the</strong>m to call <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice no fewer than fivetimes during a demonstration, and Independent Dealers had no authority to negotiate aprice or consummate a sale independently; ande) For a portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir work day, Independent Dealers were doing work thato<strong>the</strong>r people were paid to do; soliciting referrals.Appointment Setters Also Were Not Paid For All <strong>of</strong> Their Work39. Defendants required Appointment Setters, including Plaintiffs Anderson-Rodriguez, Bivens, Pallet, Gomez and Charles, to do an extensive training for which <strong>the</strong>y paidnothing.40. Defendants advised Plaintiffs Anderson-Rodriguez, Bivens, Pallet, Gomez andCharles and o<strong>the</strong>r Appointment Setters that <strong>the</strong>y were subject to termination if <strong>the</strong>y failed toschedule at least one appointment per hour on weekdays and two appointments per hour onweekends. If an Appointment Setter was not able to reach this goal by <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> a given day,s/he was ei<strong>the</strong>r sent home early or given <strong>the</strong> “opportunity” to work <strong>of</strong>f-<strong>the</strong>-clock to try and meet<strong>the</strong> quota and preserve her employment. When Defendants’ phones went down, <strong>the</strong>y instructed<strong>the</strong> Appointment Setters to clock out until <strong>the</strong> phones were repaired. Defendants did not payPlaintiffs Gomez, Bivens, or any o<strong>the</strong>r Appointment Setter for time spent working <strong>of</strong>f-<strong>the</strong>-clockat <strong>the</strong>ir instruction.12

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