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David Rosenberg
Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Court of Appeal has upheld the validity of pay plans that guarantee a wage that meets or exceeds the minimum wage ...
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Jared Speier
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Ninth Circuit, following the Supreme Court's 2018 decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis
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Leo Li
The Court of Appeal has sensibly applied that standard in upholding a CBA's waiver of a first meal period for shifts not exceeding six hours.
Seyfarth Synopsis. Pending California legislation would make a mandatory arbitration agreement an unlawful practice under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, and a crime.
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Tiffany T. Tran
Employers must pay "waiting time" penalties for willfully failing to timely pay wages due upon termination.
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Caitlyn Crisp
Employers adopting an Alternative Workweek Schedule (AWS) must follow the specific rules in the applicable wage order or face liability for unpaid overtime.
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Emily Schroeder
On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued a long-awaited opinion in which it considered which test should be used to decide whether a worker asserting claims...
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Emily Schroeder
The California Supreme Court, in Dynamex Operations v. Superior Court, held that "engage, suffer or permit to work" determines employee status for Wage Order claims.
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Eric G. Ruehe
Based on the legal principle of res judicata, a prior class action settlement that released a staffing agency and its agents barred a subsequent class action against the staffing agency's client.
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Michael Wahlander
Under California law, obesity can qualify as a disability if it has a physiological cause and limits a major life activity. Proving such a claim has been difficult. The First District Court of Appeal's decision ...
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Jinouth Vasquez Santos
California employers can still enforce their drug-free workplace policies and discharge employees who test positive for marijuana, despite the recreational marijuana laws that go into effect in January 2018.
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Elizabeth Levy
California employees who are denied adequate wage statements ("paystubs") can sue for penalties.
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Geoffrey Westbrook
In OTO, LLC v. Kho, the California Labor Commissioner challenged a car dealership's mandatory arbitration agreement.
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Jinouth Vasquez Santos
Plaintiffs cannot circumvent arbitration agreements by characterizing claims for statutory damages as claims for civil penalties.
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Jennifer Nunez
Alvarez injured himself when he drove a maintenance van into a shipping container. He sued Evergreen for negligently obstructing the driving lane with the shipping container.
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