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Cook Brown / May 26, 2022

California Supreme Court Delivers One-Two Punch to Employers Related to Break Premium Pay 

Wage and Hour

The California Supreme Court delivered a one-two punch to employers this week with respect to the penalties for missed breaks. It held that the penalty for a missed break (one hour’s pay) constitutes “wages” that must be reported on statutorily ...
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Cook Brown / July 22, 2021

Supreme Court Ruling on Meal & Rest Break Premiums Requires Immediate Action for CA Employers

Wage and Hour

In Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, the California Supreme Court last Thursday issued a disappointing decision for employers, finding that meal and rest break premium pay must be based on the employee’s “regular rate of pay” as opposed to their ...
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Cook Brown / March 23, 2021

California Supreme Court Rejects Time Rounding for Meal Periods

Wage and Hour

Rounding of employee time punches has been a legally accepted timekeeping practice under California and federal law, provided that overtime rounding did not result in a failure to pay employees for all of the time they have actually ...
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Lisa V. Ryan / February 26, 2020

These Boots are Made for Working

Wage and Hour

Court Rules California Employers Must Pay for Employee Work Boots According to a recent unpublished appellate court decision, California employers must pay for employee safety equipment, including steel-toed shoes. In UPS Ground Freight Inc. v. ...
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Lisa V. Ryan / February 13, 2019

California’s Duffy Decision: In-Home Caregivers Are Owed Overtime

Wage and Hour

Employers of in-home caregivers beware. A recent California court of appeal ruled that an in-home caregiver was entitled to overtime pay under the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights after finding she was an employee rather than an independent ...
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Barbara A. Cotter, Partner / February 6, 2019

Alert: Court Decision Changes On-Call Pay Rules

Wage and Hour

The Court of Appeal in California just published an opinion that threatens to change how employers structure on-call duties. Contradicting long-settled precedent that on-call time need not be paid unless an employee’s activities are unduly ...
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Barbara A. Cotter, Partner / January 28, 2019

As Private Attorneys General Act Filings Increase, Businesses Intensify and Expand Defense Efforts

Employment Litigation

The California Private Attorneys General Act, better known as “PAGA,” authorizes individual employees to sue for Labor Code violations on behalf of all their co-workers. They can do this regardless of the number of co-workers, whether they ...
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Lisa V. Ryan / January 7, 2019

Podcast: Employee Travel Time Compensation

Personnel Policies

A 2018 appellate court decision will help you get employee travel time compensation right. This is a question we get from employers a lot, “How do we compensate employees for travel time to the job site? The reason they’re asking is partly because ...
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