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California Court of Appeal Concludes That Claims Under Labor Code 2800 and...
In a win for California employers, the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District held in Southern California Pizza Co., LLC v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London Subscribing to Policy...
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California Employers Receive Favorable Interpretation of “Regular Rate of...
Earlier this month, a California Court of Appeal issued an opinion that is good news for California employers. The opinion addressed the meaning of “regular rate of compensation” in California Labor...
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California Court of Appeal Determines Customer of Staffing Agency Is Employer...
In Jimenez v. U.S. Continental Marketing, Inc., the California Court of Appeal addressed whether the plaintiff and appellant, Elvia Velasco Jimenez, was an “employee” of a contracting employer under...
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AB 2457: A Potential Helping Hand for California Employers in a Time of Need
With the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 forcing businesses to shut their doors for months, coupled with resulting furloughs and layoffs, California employers could use a helping hand. Assemblywoman...
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Second Circuit Says No California Anti-SLAPP Motions in Federal Court
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has split with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and concluded that California’s statute to avoid strategic lawsuits against public participation (anti-SLAPP) does...
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Something Is Rotten in the State of California? Ride Share Misclassification...
“To be or not to be” are the opening words of a soliloquy by Prince Hamlet. With that, I have exhausted what I remember about Shakespearean plays without consulting Wikipedia. Having consulted...
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Return to Work: What Employers Should Know About AB 1281, CCPA Notice...
While most privacy news and alerts have been focused on the collection and processing of customer data (see our earlier posts about interest-based advertising and the House Judiciary Committee’s...
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California Enacts COVID-19 Sick Leave for Workers
This week, California enacted a law, Assembly Bill (AB) 1867, providing supplemental COVID-19-related sick leave to food-sector workers and any worker employed by a company with 500 or more employees...
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California Expands Family Leave to Employees of Small Employers
California passed a new law expanding family leave rights to employees working for employers with five to 50 employees. The family leave rights were previously limited to employees of employers with...
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California Supreme Court Applies Dynamex Independent Contractor Test...
The California Supreme Court has concluded that the ABC Test it developed for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee applies retroactively. Therefore, the ABC Test,...
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