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Lisa V. Ryan / July 23, 2018

California Labor Commissioner Takes a Stand on Contractor and Subcontractor Wage Theft

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Cheesecake Factory Liable The Labor Commissioner’s Office found Cheesecake Factory Restaurants, Inc. liable in a $4.5 million wage theft case that underpaid 559 janitorial workers managed by Magic Touch Commercial Cleaning, whose owner was also ...
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Cook Brown / February 26, 2018

California Fair Pay Act: SB 1063 and AB 1676 Added New Complexities

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SB 1063 and AB 1676 went into effect on January 1, 2017. These two laws further expanded the California Fair Pay Act by prohibiting pay discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or salary history for substantially similar work. Google tells us that ...
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Lisa V. Ryan / December 29, 2017

2018 Is Here … Are You Ready?

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Lawmakers in the Golden State were busy last year on the employment law front. Check out our checklist to help make sure you’re prepared. Update Employment Application Remove any inquiry into applicant’s prior wage/salary history Ban the Box ...
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Barbara A. Cotter, Partner / May 9, 2017

California Supreme Court Clarifies the Rule Requiring Employers to Provide One Day of Rest During Each Work Week

The California Supreme Court provided critical guidance this week on how to apply California’s requirement that workers receive one day of rest during each work week. In Mendoza v. Nordstrom, the Court held that the Labor Code requires one day’s rest ...
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Terry Wills / April 6, 2017

Wage and Hour Litigation: Meal and Rest Break Requirements

California is a battleground for wage and hour litigation. There are a number of reasons why.  One is the difficulty that even the best-intentioned employers have managing and enforcing meal and rest breaks for hourly employees.  What does the law ...
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Barbara A. Cotter, Partner / March 15, 2017

Commission-Based Pay for Rest Breaks? Good Question!

A recent decision by California’s Second District Court of Appeal on commission-based pay for rest breaks raises more questions than it answers. And if it isn’t accepted by California’s Supreme Court for review, or contradicted by another appellate ...
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Barbara A. Cotter, Partner / November 22, 2016

New Federal Overtime Rules Suspended and Will Not Take Effect December 1

On November 22, 2016, Judge Amos L. Mazzant, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, halted implementation of the new federal overtime rules that were set to take effect on December 1. He agreed with numerous states and business ...
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Barbara A. Cotter, Partner / November 1, 2016

Pay Stub Data Reporting of Accrued Vacation

California’s hodge-podge of overlapping and confusing wage and hour laws forces employers to guess whether their pay practices are lawful. This is particularly true with respect to the preparation of pay stubs. Each year, pay stub law evolves and ...
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