( January 11, 2024, 8:03 AM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A trial court erred when it denied class certification to a worker who sued over her employer’s alleged policy of requiring workers to remain in its retail stores during their rest breaks as “it incorrectly found that Kirkland’s [Stores Inc.] applied its rest break policy inconsistently during the proposed class period,” a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, partially reversing an order denying class certification on a rest break claim and a bag check claim and remanding for further assessment....