The California Supreme Court recently issued a long-awaited opinion resolving a split in the Court of Appeal over whether trial courts may dismiss unmanageable PAGA actions. In Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., filed...more
Over the past several years a growing number of cities, counties and states have enacted some form of pay transparency laws covering a wide range of issues. Most of these laws aim to prevent pay discrimination and provide...more
On October 24, 2022, the Sixth District issued a decision in in Camp v. Home Depot, handing employees a major win in the wage and hour arena by holding that Home Depot’s practice of rounding hourly employees’ total daily...more
10/28/2022
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CA Supreme Court ,
Dismissals ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Home Depot ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reversal ,
Rounding ,
State Labor Laws ,
Timekeeping ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages
On May 23, 2022, in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc., the California Supreme Court clarified that a violation of Labor Code section 226.7 (payment of premium wages for meal and rest period violations) gives rise to...more
5/26/2022
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Premium Pay ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statutory Deadlines ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Statements
Anyone who has considered filing a petition for writ of mandate from a superior court ruling knows the odds are not in favor of the court granted this extraordinary relief. Apart from clear error, the requirement of showing...more
6/23/2021
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Labor Code ,
Over-Time ,
Petition for Writ of Mandate ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Standing ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Statements ,
Wal-Mart
On January 7, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor published three new opinion letters that every employer should review.
The first involves an employer’s nondiscretionary bonus payment of $3,000 given to employees who...more
2/14/2020
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Consultants ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Minimum Salary ,
Opinion Letter ,
Over-Time ,
Rate of Pay ,
Wage and Hour
It’s no secret that California is typically viewed as the most employee-friendly state in the country. New employee-favored laws are passed so quickly that employee handbooks can be rendered outdated before they go to print....more
The EEOC collects workforce data from employers with more than 100 employees (a lower threshold applies to federal contractors). The data collected is used for several purposes, including enforcement, employers’...more
7/30/2019
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EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour