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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Court of Appeal Holds That Exhaustion Requires Identification of Each Separate Theory of Liability (Update)

On September 30, 2021, the California Court of Appeal (4th District) decided Uribe v. Crown Building Maintenance Co., Case No. G057836. At issue in Uribe was a Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) settlement that purported to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Court of Appeal Holds That Exhaustion Requires Identification of Each Separate Theory of Liability

On September 30, 2021, the California Court of Appeal (4th District) decided Uribe v. Crown Building Maintenance Co., Case No. G057836. At issue in Uribe was a Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) settlement that purported to...more

Winstead PC

[Webinar] Returning to Work: Employer Considerations - August 31st, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT

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Join Labor & Employment Shareholder Taylor White for a webinar focused on mitigating legal risks and best practices associated with returning to in-office work amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, we will...more

Littler

Dear Littler: What are the Wage and Hour Issues with our Wandering Workers?

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Dear Littler:  We’re a small company based in Austin, Texas – but we’re growing.  We made it through the pandemic, and we’re all looking forward to getting back to work.  We recently announced that employees can return to the...more

Lewitt Hackman

Franchisor 101: Franchisor Can Be Liable as “Employer” for Missclassifying Workers

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The Ninth Circuit sent shockwaves through the franchise industry in ruling that last year’s California Supreme Court decision broadening who may bring wage misclassification claims (Dynamex v. Superior Court) applied...more

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Tech Support Independent Contractor Class Claims Climbing

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Wage-and-hour class litigation tends to come in waves. In 2019, we are seeing another wave gather on the horizon: misclassification collective actions alleging that companies have improperly classified at-the-elbow (“ATE”)...more

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Gig Economy Temporary Staffing With Smartphone Apps: 7 Legal and Practical Considerations for Employers

New technologies that enable temporary staffing candidates to find positions via applications that use algorithms to match people to positions, are here. With names like tilr and Shiftgig, these apps use an alternative,...more

Fisher Phillips

Avoiding The Blame Game: How To Limit Your Liability To Other Companies’ Employees

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Numerous individuals who work in retail stores are actually employed by a company other than the retailer itself. These include vendor employees stocking product, sampling employees who offer customers tasty treats, inventory...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Top 5 Provisions for Your Staffing Contracts

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In today's economy, organizations are increasingly looking to nontraditional sources of labor, including use of leased, outsourced, and other staffing arrangements that involve individuals who may not be on the organization's...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law - July 2015

The Impact of National Same-Sex Marriage for Employers - Why it matters: How will employers feel the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges? The landmark ruling that the Fourteenth...more

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It's Payback Time: Reimbursement Of Employee Expenses Is A Hot Issue In California

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As class actions continue to plague employers in California, one area that is often overlooked is expense reimbursement. The California Labor Code makes clear that employers must indemnify employees for all necessary...more

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