On January 29, 2015, the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, ordered the publication of Ogden Entertainment Services v. WCAB (Ritzhoff), (B254082), previously a non-certified opinion that issued on December 31, 2014....more
In Augustus v. ABM Security Services, Inc. (Nos. B243788 & B247392, filed 12/31/14), the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District held Labor Code section 226.7 prescribes only that an employee may not be...more
In Landers v. Quality Communications (9th Cir. 12-15890-1/26/15), the Court of Appeal affirmed the district court's order dismissing plaintiff's complaint pursuant to Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure finding...more
In Audio Visual Services Group, Inc. v. Superior Court (Juan Solares), Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. B256266, Filed January 21, 2015, the Court of Appeal held that the Hotel Service Charge Reform Ordinance ("Ordinance")...more
In Cruise v. Kroger Co., the Court of Appeal held a clear arbitration clause in an employment application, standing alone, was sufficient to establish the existence of an agreement between the employee and employer to...more
In Mendiola v. CPS Sec. Solutions, Inc., 2015 WL 107082, published January 8, 2015, the California Supreme Court held that: (1) on-call hours at a worksite represented “hours worked” for overtime purposes when the employer...more
The California Court of Appeal addressed the scope of the Going And Coming Rule in its decision, Craig Schultz v. WCAB and Joint Test Tactics and Training (JT3), 2015 S.O.S. 99, January 6, 2015....more
In Bower v. Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc., No. A135940, published December 31, 2014 (Bower), the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District held that a defendant employer waived its right to arbitration based on...more
In Pacific Corporate Group Holdings, LLC v. Keck, No. D062277, published December 12, 2014 (Keck), the Court of Appeal held that an employee could enforce the terms of an employment contract where the parties’ conduct showed...more
In State of Arizona v. ASARCO LLC, WL 6918577, published December 10, 2014, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an award of $300,000 in punitive damages did not violate due process even though no compensatory damages...more
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In Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk, et al. (Integrity), No. 13-433, the Supreme Court of the United States held the time spent by warehouse workers waiting to undergo and undergoing security screenings is not...more
On November 20, 2014, the WCAB issued Bodam v. San Bernardino County/Department of Social Services, and declared it to be A Significant Panel Decision, which means it is citable before the board, but is not persuasive...more
On November 18, 2014, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed two separate pieces of legislation, collectively referred to as the "Retail Workers Bill of Rights," during its first vote on the measure. The...more
In Landers v. Quality Communciations, Inc., et al., No. 12-15890, published November 12, 2014 (Landers), the Ninth Circuit held it is not enough for a complaint under the Fair Labor Standards Act to merely allege that the...more