By Calvin House | Published February 14, 2020 | Posted in Wage and Hour | Tagged Tags: exit search, Fair Labor Standards Act, Frleking, Integrity Staffing, Portal-to-Portal Act, wage and hour, wage order |
California Supreme Court Tells Apple What “Hours Worked” Means
In response to a question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the California Supreme Court has explained what the term “hours worked” means, as it is used in the California wage orders. The case involved a class action claim that Apple should pay its retail store employees for the time Read More
Read MoreCalculating Regular Rate of Pay for a Salaried Nonexempt Employee
A paragraph from a recent article in the Los Angeles Times about the “Revenge of the showbiz assistants” prompts a few words of caution. The article quotes a spokeswoman for WME (a talent agency) as saying that “each assistant automatically has 10 hours of overtime allotted into their paycheck each week.” While the details of Read More
Read MoreUber, Lyft and Doordash Launch Attack on AB5
Image provided by www.quotecatalog.com Uber, Lyft and Doordash have launched a campaign to pass an initiative that would limit the impact of AB 5, a new California law that seeks to increase the number of workers entitled to protections for employees under California law. If passed by voters next year, the initiative would add new provisions Read More
Read MoreApplication of Employment Laws to Religious Institutions
Not all employment laws are enforceable against religious institutions — some laws are made inapplicable by their terms, other have been held unenforceable on freedom of religion grounds. Anti-Discrimination Laws The two anti-discrimination laws that apply to California employers contain express exemptions for religious organizations. The federal law –Title VII of the Civil Rights Act Read More
Read MoreHome Rule Does Not Preempt California Minimum Wage Law
Article XI, section 5 of the California Constitution grants charter cities “plenary authority . . . to provide . . . the manner in which, the method by which, the times at which, and the terms for which the several municipal officers and employees whose compensation is paid by the city shall be elected or Read More
Read MoreEffects of the Dynamex Decision
A recent Los Angeles Times article — “Are you an employee or a contractor? Carpenters, strippers and dog walkers now face that question” — explores the ramifications for workers and businesses of the California Supreme Court’s adoption of the ABC test for employee status in the Dynamex decision. That April 2018 decision declared that, for Read More
Read MoreSecond Meal Period Waivers for Health Care Employees
The California Labor Code generally requires employers to provide employees who work more than five hours with a 30-minute meal period, and to provide employees who work more than 10 hours with an additional 30-minute meal period. An employee who works no more than six hours may waive the meal period, and an employee who works no more than 12 Read More
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