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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Court Rules California Employers Must Pay for Employee Work Boots According to a recent unpublished appellate court decision, California employers must pay for employee safety equipment, including steel-toed shoes.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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Dylan Rupchock and 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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Cook Brown / December 17, 2018

Wage Hour Update: California Healthcare Workers Can Forgo Second Meal Break

Wage and Hour

Healthcare workers in California who work a 12-hour shift can forgo their second meal break and leave work a half hour sooner. The decision, handed down by the California Supreme Court last week, ended a lawsuit that was into its eleventh ...
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Cook Brown / October 15, 2018

Walmart Agrees to Settle for $65 Million in a PAGA Class Action

Employment Litigation

Walmart, Inc. has agreed to pay $65 million to end a class action suit with cashiers who claimed that the company violated a California wage order requiring businesses to give certain workers seating and breaks for jobs that require standing. While ...
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Cook Brown / July 27, 2018

Test Your Knowledge – Meal and Rest Breaks

Does No Good Deed Go Unpunished? The restaurant chain Taco Bell offered discounted meals to employees during their required 30-minute meal breaks with one requirement - that the meal be eaten on site to ensure that it was utilized by the employee ...
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