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13 Nov AB 673 Will Permit Employee to Keep All Penalties for Late Paid Wages

Posted at 06:00h in Employment Law

Effective January 1, 2020, employees will be able to keep all penalties, in the amount of $100 for the first violation and $200 for each subsequent violation, along with 25 % of the amount unlawfully withheld during their employment. On October 10, 2019, Governor Newsom...

15 Oct California Prohibits Certain Mandatory Arbitration Agreements in Employment

Posted at 06:00h in Employment Law

On October 10, 2019, the governor signed Assembly Bill No. 51 that will prohibit employers from requiring employees to enter agreements that provide for the resolution of claims related to discrimination and wage and hour matters by a private arbitrator. The new law will become...

08 Oct McDonald’s Corp. Not Liable as a “Joint Employer” with Franchises for Wage Claims

Posted at 06:00h in Uncategorized

On October 1, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Salazar v. McDonald’s Corp. affirmed summary judgment in favor of McDonald’s Corp. in a class action lawsuit brought by former hourly paid employees who alleged that they were denied overtime premiums,...

02 Oct Premium Wages Owed for Missed Meal Periods, but No Additional Remedies

Posted at 09:23h in Class Action

On September 26, 2019, a California court of appeal in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc. answered several important questions that arise in class action lawsuits alleging meal period violations under Labor Code section 226.7. The company’s policy required its security guards to take on-duty...

24 Sep Governor Codifies the “ABC Test” for Independent Contractors by Signing AB 5

Posted at 06:00h in Employment Law

On September 18, 2019, the governor signed Assembly Bill 5, which becomes effective on January 1, 2020. AB 5 codifies and expands on the California Supreme Court’s 2018 Dynamex decision which applied its so-called “ABC test” to determine whether a worker in California is an...

17 Sep In a Win for Companies, Supreme Court Holds PAGA Does Not Permit the Recovery of Unpaid Wages

Posted at 10:23h in Class Action

On September 12, 2019, the California Supreme Court in ZB, N.A., and Zions Bancorporation v. Superior Court settled an issue on which several courts of appeal had differed and held that an employee’s claims for unpaid wages are not recoverable under the Private Attorney Generals...

10 Sep California Continues to Prevent the Enforcement of Agreements to Arbitrate Employment Disputes

Posted at 06:00h in Employment Law

On August 29, 2019, the California Supreme Court in a 6-1 decision in Oto, LLC v. Kho, refused to compel arbitration of an employee’s wage complaint that had been filed with the California Labor Commissioner. The Oto court found that "the oppressive circumstances presented" rendered...

03 Sep NLRB Permits Employer to Implement Arbitration Agreement in Response to Class Action Lawsuit

Posted at 05:01h in Labor Law

On August 14, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board in Cordúa Restaurants, Inc. held that employers are not prohibited by the National Labor Relations Act from informing employees that their failing or refusing to sign a mandatory arbitration agreement will result in their discharge, and...

What’s New

13 Nov AB 673 Will Permit Employee to Keep All Penalties for Late Paid Wages

15 Oct California Prohibits Certain Mandatory Arbitration Agreements in Employment

08 Oct McDonald’s Corp. Not Liable as a “Joint Employer” with Franchises for Wage Claims

02 Oct Premium Wages Owed for Missed Meal Periods, but No Additional Remedies

24 Sep Governor Codifies the “ABC Test” for Independent Contractors by Signing AB 5

17 Sep In a Win for Companies, Supreme Court Holds PAGA Does Not Permit the Recovery of Unpaid Wages

10 Sep California Continues to Prevent the Enforcement of Agreements to Arbitrate Employment Disputes

03 Sep NLRB Permits Employer to Implement Arbitration Agreement in Response to Class Action Lawsuit