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California Supreme Court Breathes New Life Into PAGA Actions
August 9, 2023 by
Sarah Kanbar
The California Supreme Court in July issued an important decision restoring life to California’s Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”). The United States Supreme Court last year effectively gutted PAGA when it ruled that most employee… Read More
2021 Legislative Summary, Employment Law – Part 1
December 13, 2021 by
Stephanie Platenkamp, Kena Cador, Sarah Kanbar, Gianpaolo Ciocco, Angela Yahaira Breining, Ruby Acevedo and Andrew Baker
We are presenting our annual Legislative Summary of Employment Law in four parts this year. This is Part One. Scope of “Family” Expanded for Family Leave (AB 1033) The California Family Rights Act, like the… Read More
Pay for Missed Breaks Not Limited to Base Pay
October 25, 2021 by
Stephanie Platenkamp
The California Supreme Court recently ruled that the one hour of pay that employees are due for missed meal and rest breaks must be paid at the employee’s “regular rate of pay” – that is,… Read More
Double Check the Math: Courts Clarify What Employers Must Include on Wage Statements
July 26, 2021 by
Sarah Kanbar
The California Labor Code requires employers when issuing employee paychecks to include itemized wage statements with detailed information about how the wages were calculated, as well as a listing of the hours worked at each… Read More
2021 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY, EMPLOYMENT LAW PART 3
February 26, 2021 by
Catherine Holzhauser, Christopher Hammer, Kena Cador, Lorrie Bradley, Peder J.V. Thoreen, Sarah Kanbar, Stephanie Platenkamp, Tony Rice and Travis West
Independent Contractor Status Proposition 22, App-Based Transportation and Delivery Companies Exempt from Providing Employee Benefits to Certain Drivers – California voters approved Prop. 22, which now allows application-based transportation and delivery companies that provide ride-share… Read More
Truckers Deemed Employees – as the Independent Contractor Debate in the Trucking Industry Rages On
May 1, 2019 by
Kena Cador
A federal district court judge has issued a decision rejecting a trucking association’s attack on the California Supreme Court’s recent decision establishing a new test to distinguish between employees and independent contractors for purposes of… Read More
Drivers Making In-State Delivery of Out-of-State Goods Protected from Mandatory Arbitration of California Wage Claims
April 10, 2019 by
Andrew Baker
California labor law has a number of worker-friendly provisions that offer better protection to workers than federal minimum standards. California’s requirements that employees be paid daily overtime pay after eight hours and that employees receive… Read More
Business Operator Individually Liable for Wage & Hour Penalties After Business Goes Bankrupt
October 18, 2018 by
Andrew Baker
A California Court of Appeal ruled last month that former employees of an Italian restaurant that went bankrupt after trial may recover from the restaurant’s operator civil penalties and attorneys’ fees for wage and hour… Read More
Cal Supreme Court Deals Blow to the “Independent Contractor” Scam
May 3, 2018 by
Andrew Baker
On April 30, the California Supreme Court issued a crushing blow to the “gig economy.” In Dynamex Operations West v. Lee, the Court imposed a standard that will make it much harder for Uber and… Read More
BTB Annual Legislative Round-up (2 of 4)
December 13, 2017 by
Peter McEntee, Sarah Kanter and Christopher Hammer
Wage and Hour LawsAB 1066 – Wages, Hours, and Working Conditions of Agricultural WorkersHistorically, California has excluded agricultural workers from many important employee protections. This law removes the exemption for agricultural employees regarding hours, meal… Read More
California Supreme Court Breathes New Life Into PAGA Actions
August 9, 2023 by Sarah Kanbar
The California Supreme Court in July issued an important decision restoring life to California’s Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”). The United States Supreme Court last year effectively gutted PAGA when it ruled that most employee… Read More
2021 Legislative Summary, Employment Law – Part 1
December 13, 2021 by Stephanie Platenkamp, Kena Cador, Sarah Kanbar, Gianpaolo Ciocco, Angela Yahaira Breining, Ruby Acevedo and Andrew Baker
We are presenting our annual Legislative Summary of Employment Law in four parts this year. This is Part One. Scope of “Family” Expanded for Family Leave (AB 1033) The California Family Rights Act, like the… Read More
Pay for Missed Breaks Not Limited to Base Pay
October 25, 2021 by Stephanie Platenkamp
The California Supreme Court recently ruled that the one hour of pay that employees are due for missed meal and rest breaks must be paid at the employee’s “regular rate of pay” – that is,… Read More
Double Check the Math: Courts Clarify What Employers Must Include on Wage Statements
July 26, 2021 by Sarah Kanbar
The California Labor Code requires employers when issuing employee paychecks to include itemized wage statements with detailed information about how the wages were calculated, as well as a listing of the hours worked at each… Read More
2021 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY, EMPLOYMENT LAW PART 3
February 26, 2021 by Catherine Holzhauser, Christopher Hammer, Kena Cador, Lorrie Bradley, Peder J.V. Thoreen, Sarah Kanbar, Stephanie Platenkamp, Tony Rice and Travis West
Independent Contractor Status Proposition 22, App-Based Transportation and Delivery Companies Exempt from Providing Employee Benefits to Certain Drivers – California voters approved Prop. 22, which now allows application-based transportation and delivery companies that provide ride-share… Read More
Truckers Deemed Employees – as the Independent Contractor Debate in the Trucking Industry Rages On
May 1, 2019 by Kena Cador
A federal district court judge has issued a decision rejecting a trucking association’s attack on the California Supreme Court’s recent decision establishing a new test to distinguish between employees and independent contractors for purposes of… Read More
Drivers Making In-State Delivery of Out-of-State Goods Protected from Mandatory Arbitration of California Wage Claims
April 10, 2019 by Andrew Baker
California labor law has a number of worker-friendly provisions that offer better protection to workers than federal minimum standards. California’s requirements that employees be paid daily overtime pay after eight hours and that employees receive… Read More
Business Operator Individually Liable for Wage & Hour Penalties After Business Goes Bankrupt
October 18, 2018 by Andrew Baker
A California Court of Appeal ruled last month that former employees of an Italian restaurant that went bankrupt after trial may recover from the restaurant’s operator civil penalties and attorneys’ fees for wage and hour… Read More
Cal Supreme Court Deals Blow to the “Independent Contractor” Scam
May 3, 2018 by Andrew Baker
On April 30, the California Supreme Court issued a crushing blow to the “gig economy.” In Dynamex Operations West v. Lee, the Court imposed a standard that will make it much harder for Uber and… Read More
BTB Annual Legislative Round-up (2 of 4)
December 13, 2017 by Peter McEntee, Sarah Kanter and Christopher Hammer
Wage and Hour LawsAB 1066 – Wages, Hours, and Working Conditions of Agricultural WorkersHistorically, California has excluded agricultural workers from many important employee protections. This law removes the exemption for agricultural employees regarding hours, meal… Read More
