For companies doing business in California, it’s important to be aware of the January 18, 2024 California Supreme Court decision in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc.*, which examined whether trial courts can strike PAGA...more
As we wrote about previously here, in October 2022, the Sixth District of the California Court of Appeal in Camp v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 84 Cal.App.5th 638 (2022), ignored a decade of precedent and found Home Depot’s...more
On December 10, 2018, the California Supreme Court handed down its unanimous decision in Gerard, et al. v. Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, affirming the Court of Appeal ruling that voluntary meal period waivers are...more
12/13/2018
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
IWC ,
Labor Code ,
On-Duty Meal Period Waivers ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Orders
The ability of hospitals to use meal period waivers was called into question by a 2015 Court of Appeal decision in Gerard v. Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center (Gerard I), which held that the provision in Wage Order 5...more
3/17/2017
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Health Care Providers ,
Home Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
IWC ,
On-Duty Meal Period Waivers ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Summary Judgment ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Orders ,
Work Schedules
On December 22, 2016, the California Supreme Court issued a critical decision in Augustus v. ABM Security Services, Inc., 2016 D.J. 12608 (2016), relating to California’s rest period obligations. The California Supreme Court...more