Rest and Meal Break, Wage Deductions

Auto-deductions for meal breaks. Game winner for employers, or loser?

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 11/14/2023

It’s the fourth quarter. Three seconds are left on the clock, and your team is losing by one point. Your place kicker confidently trots onto the field to attempt the game-winning field goal. As he does, the TV announcer says,...more

Meal Break Abuse – Is It Okay to Dock Pay?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/28/2020

How many readers have confronted the following scenario: Employer provides a paid meal break to its employees (for ease of application, we are going to suggest the paid meal break is 30 minutes in length); Employees...more

Doing Business In California: A Guide For Employers-Updated

Fox Rothschild LLP on 12/20/2019

The allure of doing business in California is undeniable. It is the world’s sixth largest economy and a market of more than 36 million people. For employers, however, California presents unique challenges because its laws...more

Litigating California Wage & Hour and Labor Code Class Actions

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/11/2015

We are excited to announce the 15th edition of Seyfarth Shaw’s publication Litigating California Wage & Hour and Labor Code Class Actions. As in previous editions, the publication discusses and analyzes the most commonly...more

2015 Employment Law Issues Tournament: First Round Results and Recaps

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 3/17/2015

This past weekend, while college basketball teams across America finished up their conference tournaments, 64 employment law issues played in the first round of our tournament, and boy did it live up to the hype. Filled with...more

The Top 20 Employer Myths

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 2/18/2013

The celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Employment Law Reporter, one of the longest running employment law newsletters in the State of California, continues with our take on the top 20 employer myths. Join the...more