Wage and Hour, Appeals, Good Faith

Minimum Wage Good Faith Defense and Labor Commissioner Appeal Scope

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/26/2025

The California Supreme Court held that an employer must prove that it made a reasonable attempt to decipher the requirements of the law governing minimum wages in order to avail itself of the good faith defense against...more

Good Faith Defense Defeats Penalties on California Break Issues

ArentFox Schiff on 3/14/2023

Last year, in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc., 13 Cal.5th 93 (2022), the California Supreme Court held that an employer’s failure to timely pay premium pay for meal and rest break violations could subject the...more

Rare Employer Victory in CA Misclassification Case

Perkins Coie on 5/9/2022

A unanimous three-judge panel reached a decision in the case of Bijon Hill v. Walmart. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed that Walmart classified a freelance model, Bijon Hill, as an...more

Good Faith Dispute Over Employment Relationship Allows Walmart to Escape Waiting Time Penalties

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/3/2022

In a recent opinion in Hill v. Walmart Inc., the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of Walmart on Hill’s claim for waiting time penalties under Labor Code section 203, finding there was a good-faith dispute...more

Web Exclusive: The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories Of December 2019

Fisher Phillips on 1/7/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Commonwealth Court Grants Over Four Years of Additional Back Pay to A Teacher, Overturning Pennsylvania Secretary of Education on...

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 11/11/2019

Vladimirsky v. School Dist. of Phila., 206 A. 3d 1224 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2019). The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court overturned a finding of the Pennsylvania Department of Education that teacher did not exercise reasonable due...more

California Employment Law Notes - July 2015

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 7/17/2015

Employee's Inability To Work For A Particular Supervisor Does Not Constitute A "Disability" - Higgins-Williams v. Sutter Med. Found., 237 Cal. App. 4th 78 (2015) - Michaelin Higgins-Williams worked as a clinical...more

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