A California federal district court partially denied The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.'s motion to dismiss claims brought by a banquet server under a San Francisco ordinance, finding that the banquet server plausibly alleged he was laid off due to Covid-19 after 23 years of employment and not reinstated while employees with less seniority were rehired into similar positions, although the court dismissed his California labor code claim for lack of private right of action and struck related references in his unfair competition claim.
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