TOP 10 EMPLOYMENT LAW DEVELOPMENTS OF 2018: NUMBER 1 – DYNAMEX TURNS THE WORLD OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR LAW UPSIDE DOWN To be honest, there was no contest for the top…
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TOP 10 EMPLOYMENT LAW DEVELOPMENTS OF 2018: NO. 3 – MINUTES COUNT: THE FLSA’S DE MINIMIS DOCTRINE DOES NOT APPLY IN CA California employers have long relied on federal doctrines…
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TOP 10 EMPLOYMENT LAW DEVELOPMENTS OF 2018: NO. 4 – CA APPELLATE COURT LIMITS SCOPE OF DERIVATIVE WAGE STATEMENT LIABILITY California class action plaintiffs alleging various wage and hour claims…
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TOP 10 EMPLOYMENT LAW DEVELOPMENTS OF 2018: NO. 5 – EMPLOYEE-FRIENDLY OT CALCULATION FOR FLAT BONUS PAY REQUIRED Earlier this year, in Alvarado v. Dart Container Corp., 4 Cal. 5th…
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TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS OF 2018 IN EMPLOYMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION LAW: NUMBER 7 – CLASS ACTION WAGE & HOUR WIN FOR EMPLOYERS Employers of Commissioned and Piece-Rate Employees: Pay Minimum…
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TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS OF 2018 IN EMPLOYMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION LAW: NUMBER 8 – EQUAL PAY REDEFINED Pay Me What You Owe Me: Aileen Rizo Redefines the Equal Pay Act…
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TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS OF 2018 IN EMPLOYMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION LAW: NUMBER 9 – EMPLOYER ROUNDING POLICIES ARE LEGAL One of the year’s most important wage and hour decisions involved…
Read More ›In a long-awaited decision, the California Supreme Court has just rejected the applicability of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “de minimis” doctrine to California wage and hour law, in Troester v. Starbucks….
Read More ›As most employers are undoubtedly aware, April’s dynamite Dynamex decision blew up the definition of “employer” for purposes of determining independent contractor status. The California Supreme Court utilized the newly…
Read More ›April is already 17 days old and Washington D.C. is still under threat of snow – but bad weather has brought with it a flurry of action surrounding the Fair…
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