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National Employment Perspective: Focus On California- Requirements for “Suitable Seats”

Under the wage orders issued by California’s Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC), “[a]ll working employees shall be provided with suitable seats when the nature of the work reasonably permits the use of seats.” Although...more

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California Court Approves $700,000 Settlement for Seating Claim Brought By Retail Employees

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The effects of the California Supreme Court’s latest interpretation to provide seating to workers are beginning to show, as the United States District Court for the Central District of California recently approved a $700,000...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law - June 2016 #3

LA Doubles Down on Sick Leave, Minimum Wage Increase - Why it matters - Already facing new California employment-related requirements—including the adoption of mandatory sick leave and an uptick in the minimum...more

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Alert: California Supreme Court Clarifies Employers' Obligation to Provide "Suitable Seating" to Employees

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The California Supreme Court has issued a recent opinion (Kilby v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., No. S215614) interpreting, for the first time, California's Wage Order requirement that "all working employees shall be provided with...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Employment Law Commentary, April 2016: Kilby V. CVS Pharmacy: The California Supreme Court In The Driver’s Seat Clarifies Seating...

Kilby V. CVS Pharmacy: The California Supreme Court In The Driver’s Seat Clarifies Seating Standards In The Workplace - Most of the California Industrial Welfare Commission’s industry and occupational wage orders...more

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Pull up a Chair: California Supreme Court Weighs in on Suitable Seating

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To sit or not to sit, that is the question. And now the California Supreme Court has given us an answer. Well, sort of. They have told us how to find the answer. Even that’s a stretch. Pull up a seat and I will explain. ...more

BakerHostetler

California Supreme Court Tells Employers to Sit a Spell While Courts Review Individual Factors for Suitable Seating

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“Shut the door. Have a seat.” The phrase immediately conjures emotions from the recipient. Most likely, life-changing (typically bad) news is about to be imparted. For Mad Men fans, it harkens to the third-season finale when...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

To Seat, or Not to Seat: That is the Question

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Seats must be provided for each location where the work reasonably permits. It started like a bad joke. A cashier and a bank teller walk into a bar—actually, a federal court served by the Bar—and sue...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Sitting on the Job: When California Employers Must Provide Seats

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Employees are entitled to sit at work when the nature of the work reasonably permits the use of seats. On April 4, 2016, the California Supreme Court, in an opinion authored by Justice Carol A. Corrigan, clarified...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Only In California: Standing Up For Sitting Down

California’s wage orders, which regulate working conditions for most industries and occupations, require that “[a]ll working employees shall be provided with suitable seats when the nature of the work reasonably permits the...more

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Better Sit Down for This… or Stand and Rejoice? California Supreme Court Clarifies “Suitable Seating” Rules

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Last week, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling on a California Wage Order requirement that employers provide “suitable seats” for employees when the “nature of the work reasonably permits the use of seats.” The...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Question #275: Can We Take A Stand On Employees Sitting?

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Question: Some of our retail company’s employees in California are demanding chairs to sit in while they work. Management thinks it appears unprofessional to have workers sitting, but I hear the employees might have a legal...more

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California Employers Must Carefully Reconsider Whether Employees Can Be Provided With “Suitable Seats” In Light of New Decision

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A recent California Supreme Court decision has the potential to affect all California employees who are required to stand while performing parts of their job. In response to numerous lawsuits brought by cashiers, retail...more

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Labor & Employment Advisory: California Supreme Court Expands “Suitable Seating” Requirements

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In an opinion with far-reaching implications for California employers and one that will change the posture of California’s “suitable seating” law, the California Supreme Court recently provided further guidance on how one of...more

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California Supreme Court Tells Both Sides to Sit Down

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The California Supreme Court's recent decision in Kilby v. CVS Pharmacy/Henderson v. JPMorgan Chase has clarified the state's standards concerning when employers must provide suitable seating to their employees. While the...more

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Better Sit Down For This: Court Clarifies “Suitable Seating” Rules

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Seyfarth Synopsis in a Second: Suitable seating is required in California where tasks performed at a particular location reasonably permit sitting, and where providing a seat would not interfere with the performance of...more

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

California Shapes Standards for Suitable Employee Seating Requirements

California wage orders – state-issued employment standards having the force of law – require all working employees to be provided with “suitable seats when the nature of the work reasonably permits the use of seats.” On April...more

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California Supreme Court Rules That Employees May Have Right To Sit During Working Hours

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On April 4, 2016, the California Supreme Court ruled that employers must provide an employee with seating if the employee’s tasks at a discrete location make seated work feasible, even if the employee’s job duties include...more

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California Supreme Court Clarifies When Employers Must Provide Employees With Seats

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On April 4, 2016, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion with important implications for all California employers. For the first time, the court interpreted the meaning of wage orders promulgated by California’s...more

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Edge of Our Seats: Oral Argument on “Suitable Seats” Cases

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The countdown begins to receiving some clarity on the suitable seating rule from the California Supreme Court. On January 5, 2016, the Court heard oral argument in the consolidated matters of Kilby v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. and...more

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