The California Supreme Court recently issued a long-awaited opinion resolving a split in the Court of Appeal over whether trial courts may dismiss unmanageable PAGA actions. In Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., filed...more
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an employer-friendly decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana. There, it held that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)...more
7/21/2023
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Uber ,
Viking River Cruises ,
Viking River Cruises Inc v Moriana
On October 24, 2022, the Sixth District issued a decision in in Camp v. Home Depot, handing employees a major win in the wage and hour arena by holding that Home Depot’s practice of rounding hourly employees’ total daily...more
10/28/2022
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CA Supreme Court ,
Dismissals ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Home Depot ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reversal ,
Rounding ,
State Labor Laws ,
Timekeeping ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages
On May 23, 2022, in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc., the California Supreme Court clarified that a violation of Labor Code section 226.7 (payment of premium wages for meal and rest period violations) gives rise to...more
5/26/2022
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Premium Pay ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statutory Deadlines ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Statements