Overhill Farms, Inc. v. Lopez, 190 Cal. App. 4th 1248 (2010)
After the IRS notified Overhill Farms that 231 of its then-current employees had provided invalid social security numbers, Overhill contacted the employees identified by the IRS, advised them that their social security numbers were invalid according to the IRS, and provided them with the opportunity to correct the erroneous information in order to
Pineda v. Bank of America, 50 Cal. 4th 1389 (2010)
Although plaintiff Jorge A. Pineda gave two weeks’ notice of his resignation from Bank of America, the bank did not pay him his final wages on his last day of employment, as required by Cal. Labor Code § 202, but instead paid him four days late. In this putative class action, Pineda sued for
California has enacted the “California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010” (S.B. 657), which will require retail sellers and manufacturers that do business in California and that have over $100 million in annual worldwide gross receipts to publicly disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct supply chains for tangible goods offered for sale. (The new law becomes effective on
Garcia v. Four Points Sheraton LAX, 188 Cal. App. 4th 364 (2010)
In 2006, the City of Los Angeles enacted the Hotel Service Charge Reform Ordinance, which required non-unionized hotels in the Century Boulevard Corridor near LAX to pass along mandatory service charges to the workers who rendered the services for which the charges were collected. (The service workers alleged their income had declined
Sullivan v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., 623 F.3d 770 (2010)
Christina Sullivan was the manager of a Factory 2-U store before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Dollar Tree later purchased Factory 2-U’s existing leasehold on the store where Sullivan was employed. Prior to the anniversary of her hire by Dollar Tree, Sullivan’s mother became ill but Dollar Tree did not provide Sullivan with
Wang v. Chinese Daily News, 623 F.3d 743 (2010)
Plaintiffs (reporters for the Chinese Daily News) alleged they were non-exempt employees entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and California state law. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the reporters, finding journalists are not subject to the creative professional exemption to the FLSA or California law. The
Hernandez v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., 189 Cal.App.4th 751 (2010)
Rogelio Hernandez worked as a non-exempt employee at Chipotle Mexican Grill. In this putative class action, Hernandez alleged that Chipotle violated California wage and hour law by failing to ensure that its employees took their meal breaks. The trial court granted Chipotle’s motion to deny class certification and to strike the class allegations on
Stiefel v. Bechtel Corp., 624 F.3d 1240 (2010)
James Richard Stiefel worked for Bechtel as an ironworker at a power plant. Five weeks before he was laid off, Stiefel injured his left hand while on the job. In his lawsuit, Stiefel alleged Bechtel laid him off as part of a “medical reduction in force,” which would result in cost savings to Bechtel under its
Sandell v. Taylor-Listug, Inc., 188 Cal. App. 4th 297 (2010)
Robert Sandell began his employment as vice president of sales with Taylor-Listug in February 2004. Six months later, while on a six-month sabbatical from work, Sandell suffered a stroke (following a chiropractic adjustment). When Sandell returned to work in October, he was using a cane and had noticeably slower speech. Taylor-Listug terminated Sandell’s employment
McCaskey v. California State Auto. Ass’n, 189 Cal.App.4th 947 (2010)
Charles Luke, Francis McCaskey and John Mellen filed this lawsuit against CSAA, alleging breach of contract and age discrimination. The contract claim was based on an alleged breach by CSAA of a promise to permit senior sales agents to continue in their employ under relaxed sales quotas (minimum production requirements or “MPR’s”). Plaintiffs also alleged