On Thursday, July 15, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion with respect to meal period premiums, impacting employers who provide nondiscretionary payments for work performed by their employees. In Ferra v....more
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, a well-established body of law rejects claims for unpaid minimum wages and overtime based on very small increments of time that are administratively difficult to record. This...more
Under both federal and state law, overtime compensation owed to a nonexempt employee must be based on the employee’s “regular rate of pay.” That regular rate includes not only the employee’s standard hourly rate but also an...more
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