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AB 51
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/ab-52 Section 1 of the bill provides several uncodified statements of legislative intent. Section 2 of the bill adds a new provision to the law, proclaiming that it is unlawful…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
California Supreme Court Limits Potential Recovery Under PAGA
By Rafael N. Tumanyan, Emily Burkhardt Vicente
Yesterday, the California Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated decision in ZB, N.A. v. Superior Court bringing some welcomed good news for California employers.
California Workplace Law Blog
Payroll Company Not Liable Under Third Party Beneficiary Doctrine
By Eric J. Gitig, Hazel U. Poei
On February 7, 2019, the California Supreme Court determined that an employee cannot sue a payroll company for breach of contract under the third party beneficiary doctrine, and that it…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
State Minimum Wage Law Applies to Charter Cities
The Second District Court of Appeal has held that California’s minimum wage law is a matter of statewide concern and hence applies to charter cities as well as general law…
Ahead of Schedule
California Employers: Ignore Piece-Rate Compensation Rules at Your Peril
By Vida Thomas
A recent California Court of Appeal decision upheld the state’s complex rules for compensating piece-rate employees. In Nisei Farmers League v. California Labor & Workforce Dev. Agency, 2019 Cal.App. LEXIS…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Request for Employment Records? Don’t Trust; Verify!
By Leo Q. Li, Michael Wahlander
Seyfarth Synopsis: Plaintiffs’ lawyers routinely invoke Labor Code provisions to conduct pre-litigation discovery by seeking employment records. For employers that scramble to comply with these often burdensome demands, we offer…
Employment Law Watch
California Supreme Court clarifies rules regarding health care employees’ waiver of second meal breaks
By Michele Haydel Gehrke, Brian Morris
In an important decision for California health care employers, the California Supreme Court recently confirmed that certain health care employees are allowed to waive their second meal breaks even if…
California Workplace Law Blog
California Supreme Court Rebuffs Plaintiffs’ Attempt to Undo Their Agreements Waiving Second Meal Period
The California Supreme Court has upheld the ability of California health care workers who work more than twelve hours a day voluntarily to waive their second meal period, rebuffing plaintiffs’…
California Construction Law Blog
Property Owner Found Liable for Injuries to Worker of Unlicensed Contractor, Again
By Garret Murai
By Garret Murai, August 20, 2018 Photograph by John Loo. Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) It’s not like we didn’t warn you. In Jones v. Sorenson, Case No. C084870…
California Employment Law
CA Supreme Court Says Employers Can’t Disregard Trivial Amounts of Time
An ancient maxim of jurisprudence states that "the law disregards trifles." Or in Latin: De minimis non curat lex. The underlying principle is that some alleged wrongs are so trivial…