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Mintz | USA | 10 Aug 2022
California Voters Will Decide PAGA’s Fate at the Ballot Box in 2024
Earlier this year we wrote on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana that struck a major blow to California’s…
Fox Rothschild LLP | USA | 8 Jun 2022
California Supreme Court issues pro-employee ruling expanding definition of wages
The California Supreme Court recently delivered another blow to employers by overturning an employer-friendly ruling from the Second District. The Court held that unpaid premium wages for meal and rest period violations now entitle employees to wage statement penalties and waiting time penalties. These same violations can also trigger civil penalties under the Private Attorneys General Act....
Cozen O'Connor | USA | 25 May 2022
Does PAGA have wings? Bernstein's threat to interstate airlines
The court's analysis in Bernstein v Virgin Am, Inc of the potential extension of California labour regulations to employees of interstate airlines warrants a note of caution. Specifically, an airline with sufficient connections to the state of California (and especially with no greater connection to any other particular state) may be subject to many significant California wage and hour laws –......
Ius Laboris | USA | 25 Feb 2022
COVID-19 paid sick leave revived in California: what has changed?
On 9 February 2022, Governor Newsom signed SB 114 (2022 CSPSL or Labor Code section 248.6). The Bill took effect on 19 February 2022, but applies…
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | USA | 27 Oct 2021
7-Eleven Franchisees are Independent Contractors Under Borello Test
A critical ruling in the world of franchising, in Haitayan v. 7-Eleven, Inc., 2021 WL 4078727 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 8, 2021), the U.S. District Court for…
Ius Laboris | USA | 19 Oct 2021
Warehouse work quotas in California: new employer disclosure duties
A new law in the US State of California will require employers to disclose information on employee quotas and targets in larger warehouses. Employees…
Edgeworth Economics | USA | 4 Oct 2021
California Meal and Rest Premium Payments Ruling: Retroactive Implications for Employers
Since the California Supreme Court issued its ruling in the Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LCC matter, many articles have alerted California…
Jackson Lewis PC | USA | 28 Sep 2021
Limited Exemption to PAGA for Some Janitorial Employees
On September 27, 2021, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 646 (SB 646), which limits janitorial employees represented by a labor organization and…
K&L Gates LLP | USA | 9 Jul 2021
The Essentials - California Employment Law Update
In a class action and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) lawsuit alleging meal-break and wage-statement violations under the California Labor Code…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 2 Dec 2020
November 2020 California Employment Law Notes
Allstate terminated Michael Tilkey, a 30-year employee who sold life insurance, after Tilkey’s arrest in Arizona following a domestic dispute with…
