Wage and Hour, Labor Law Violations, Labor Commissioners

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

Trial Court Properly Denied Massage Parlor’s Request For Waiver Of Bond In Wage/Hour Matter

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 10/12/2020

Li v. Department of Indust. Relations, 2020 WL 4814112 (Cal. Ct. App. 2020) - Fushan Li, the owner of four massage parlors in Lawndale, received three citations from the Labor Commissioner for violations of the state’s...more

Key California Employment Law Cases: August 2019

Payne & Fears on 11/18/2019

OTO, L.L.C. v. Kho, 8 Cal. 5th 111, 251 Cal. Rptr. 3d 714 (2019) - Summary: Mandatory arbitration agreement may be unenforceable against employee wage claims if agreement requires employee to forego Labor Commissioner...more

Demystifying Labor Commissioner Wage Claims

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/7/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: Halloween was last week, and you probably thought all the scary ghouls and goblins were going to rest for another year. Do not relax just yet! This week, we discuss another process that can be scary for...more

Beware – Reporting Wage & Hour Violations Just Got Easier

Weintraub Tobin on 9/8/2016

The California Labor Commissioner Launches New On-Line Reporting System On August 31st, the Department of Industrial Relations (Labor Commissioner) launched an online system allowing anyone to report a business’...more

2015 California Labor and Employment Legislation Update: It’s Final!

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/14/2015

October 11, 2015, was Governor Brown’s last day to sign bills the California Legislature presented to him following the first year of the 2015-2016 Legislative Session. Below is a summary of what did and did not make Governor...more