The Ninth Circuit gave short shrift to employees’ claims that an intermediary in the commerce of strawberries was responsible for paying the farmworkers’ wages under a creative legal theory that the intermediary was a “client...more
6/13/2023
/ Agribusiness ,
California ,
Day Laborers ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Farm Workers ,
Farms ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Code ,
Labor Contractor ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
California employers have recently experienced a material uptick in lawsuits from employees seeking reimbursement for expenses incurred while working from home. These lawsuits seek a wide variety of expense reimbursement for...more