N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
M AR ISHA R

USSELL, Pla i ntiff-Appe lla

nt, v. GOVER NM ENT EM PLOYEES INSUR ANC E C OM PANY, a M ary la nd c orporation, De fe nda

n t-Appe l le e . No. 18-55682 D.C . No. 3:17-c v-00672-JLSW VG M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Distric t of Southe rn C a l ifornia , San Die go Ja nis L. Sa m m artino, Distric t Judge , Pre siding Argue d an d Subm i tte d

Nove m be r 4, 2019 Pa sa de n a , C a l ifornia B e fore : FAR

R IS, M c KEOW

N, a nd PAR KER , Jr., * * C irc uit Judge s. 

# F IL ED DEC 16 2019 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U
. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public at ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by Ninth C irc uit R

ule 36-3.

** The Honora

ble B arrington D. Pa

rke r, Jr., Unite d State s C irc u i t Judge for the Se c o nd C irc uit, sitting by de s igna tion.M arisha R usse ll a p pe a l s the Distric t C ourt’ s Fe d. R . C i v. P. 12(b)(6) dism issa l of he r a c tion unde r the Fa ir La bor Sta n da rds Ac t , 29 U.S.C . § 201 e t se q. , and C a lifornia

sta te la w a ga i nst he r form e r e m

ploy e r, Gove rnm e n t Em

ploy e e s Insura nc e C om pa ny (“ GEIC O” ). W e re vie w the c ourt’ s dism issa l de novo, Doughe r ty

v . C ity of C ov ina , 654 F.3d 892, 897 (9th C ir. 2011), a nd we a ffirm . R usse ll a rgue s tha t unde r 29 C .F.R . § 778.209(a), GEIC O m ust re t roa c tive ly a lloc ate he r c a sh pa

ym e nt bonus over the 2012 c a le nda r y e ar, re c om

pute he r re gula r ra te of pa

y for the workwe e ks c ove re d, a nd m a ke a supple m e nta l ove rtim e pa ym e nt. She is inc orre c t. GEIC O opte d to c a lc ulate its c a sh pa ym e nts a s outline d in 29 C .F.R . § 778.210, not § 778.209, a nd § 778.210 doe s not re quire re troa c tive a lloc ation of the bonus into a n e m ploy e e ’ s re gula

r ra t e of pa

y or re c om puta tion of ove rtim e pa

y . Se e Harris v . Be

s t Buy Store s , L.P. , No. 15-c v-00657-HSG, 2016 W L 4073327, a

t *4 (N.D. C a l. Aug. 1, 2016), on re c onside ration , No. 15-c v00657-HSG, 2016 W

L 6248893 (N.D. C a l. Oc t. 26, 2016) (c iting § 778.210; Opinion Le tte r FLSA, 1997 W L 998000, a t *1; FLSA 2006-4NA (Fe b ruary 17, 2006)). Unde r § 778.210, e m

ploy e rs c a lc ulate bonus pa ym e nts by

m ultiply ing a

n e m ploy e e ’ s re gula

r wa g e s a nd ove rtim e e arnings by the sa m e fixe d pe rc e nta ge , whic h se rve s a s both a

bonus a nd a sim ulta ne ous pa ym e nt of ove rtim e 2c om

pe nsation dueon the bonus. Se e § 778.210; Harris , 2016 W L 4073327, a t *4
. GEIC O c a lc ulate d e m

ploy e e c a sh pa

ym e nts a nd trust c o ntributions a s a pe rc e nta ge of the e m ploy e e ’ s “ Tota l Ea

rnings” in a

c a le n da r y e ar, whic h inc lude d re gula r wa ge s, ove rtim e e arnings, a nd othe r bonuse s . Thus, GEIC O satisfie d the re quire m e nts of § 778.210, it has a lre a dy prope rly pa id ove rtim e c o m

pe nsation, and it ne e d not m a

ke a supple m e nta l ove rtim e pa ym e nt. Se c tion 778.210 a

p plie s, so we ne e d not re a c h R usse ll’ s a rgum e n t tha

t GEIC O did not e sta

blish a pre c ise form

ula to de te rm ine the c om

pa ny ’ s own c ontributions to its profit sha ring pla n unde r 29 C .F.R . § 778.215(a)(3), whic h is re quire d to e xc lude e m

ploy e e s’ trust c ontributions from the ir re g ula

r ra te of pa

y . GEIC O ’ s re quire m e nt tha t e m ploy e e s work until Feb ruary of the following y e ar to re c e ive the ir bonus c a sh pa ym e nt doe s not viola

te § 778.503. Nor m

ust GEIC O fa c tor those e xtra two m onths into the

e m ploy e e ’ s Tota l Ea

rnings upon whic h the bonus is ba se d. Doing so would be duplic at ive , a s the first two m onths of e a c h y e ar would be a c c o unte d for twic e in c onse c utive y e arly bonus c a lc ulat ions. AFFIRM E D.

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