A California Appellate Court Has Ruled That Restaurant Workers Are Not Entitled to Reimbursement for
The California Court of Appeals, Third District, has held that California Labor Code § 2802 does not require an employer to reimburse its...
The Ninth Circuit Has Determined that Employers Can No Longer Apply the Federal De Minimis Doctrine
The Unites States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit has held that the federal de minimis doctrine—which precludes recovery for...
Public Employees and Government Code Section 21198
The Court of Appeal (Fourth District) has held that where an employee has been involuntarily terminated and subsequently reinstated...
California program to track state worker harassment is a year behind schedule
A $1.5 million project to start tracking sexual harassment and discrimination in California state government is scheduled to be fully...
The Power of Remittitur - Jury Award in FEHA Action Reduced by $5 Million
The Court of Appeals for the Second District held this week that a trial court’s use of its power of remittitur to reduce excessive...
A class of plaintiffs must show how their employer's no-premium-wages policy harmed the class m
The Court of Appeal for the Second District has ruled that while a policy or practice of failing to pay premium wages after meal period...
Employer Found In Violation of Strict OSHA Standard
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that when determining whether an employer has violated a specific Occupational...
U.S. Supreme Court Holds that the EEOC Filing Requirement is Procedural and Isn't a Jurisdiction
In Fort Bend County v. Davis, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the charge-filing precondition to suit set out in Title VII of the Civil...
A California Employer May Not Recover Attorney Fees On A Wage Claim Unless the Claim Is Brought in B
The California Court of Appeal - Fourth District - has ruled that an employer may not recover attorney fees incurred in successfully...
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 18, 2019
According to data released by the Department of Labor, in the week ending May 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial...