On May 6, 2024, the Supreme Court of California held that when an employer “reasonably and in good faith” believes it complied with California’s legal requirement to provide accurate wage statements and it does not, the...more
A California appellate court recently ruled that an employee may pursue claims under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) that her former employer violated the state’s mandatory paid sick leave law.
On...more
The panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that largely upheld California’s law banning mandatory arbitration agreements in the employment context just withdrew its decision. On August 22, 2022, two of the three...more
8/29/2022
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Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California recently ruled in an employment class action regarding misclassification of trucking industry owner-operators as independent contractors. The ruling is a win for...more
7/24/2019
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Class Action ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
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Employment Litigation ,
Independent Contractors ,
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preem ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Right to Control ,
Trucking Industry ,
Wage and Hour
In a matter of first impression before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals involving an issue left open by the Supreme Court of the United States, a Seventh Circuit panel issued an opinion on a key threshold question of...more
10/29/2018
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Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Collective Actions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Federal Arbitration Act
Two significant decisions on whistleblower protections were recently issued by two districts of the California Court of Appeal. Both courts reversed trial court dismissals of claims for wrongful termination in violation of...more
Two districts of the California Court of Appeal recently issued significant decisions on arbitration agreements. In a published case, the Fourth Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal held that if the...more
11/25/2014
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Arbitration ,
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Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Iskanian ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Trucking Industry ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour
Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co., S196568 (June 26, 2014): On June 26, the California Supreme Court issued a decision holding that federal immigration law does not preempt a California law that extends state law protections to...more