In the California Legislature’s latest attack on the fast-food industry, Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) introduced the Fast Food Franchisor Responsibility Act (“AB 1228”). AB 1228 was introduced shortly after a Sacramento County Superior Court judge issued a preliminary injunction to stop the controversial Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act or “FAST Recovery Act” (AB 257) from taking effect, pending a vote by
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November 2021 California Employment Law Notes
We invite you to review our newly-posted November 2021 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:
- Ninth Circuit Resurrects California’s Anti-Arbitration Statute
- In-House Counsel’s Claim For Breach Of Oral Promise Of Contingency Fee Was Barred By Statute
- Employee Can Proceed With Age Discrimination Lawsuit Against LMU
- Order Denying Attorney’s Fees
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Gas Station Manager Was An Employee Of Shell Oil
Medina v. Equilon Enter., LLC, 68 Cal. App. 5th 868 (2021)
Santiago Medina worked as a gas station cashier and manager for Equilon Enterprises, which is a Shell Oil Company subsidiary doing business as Shell Oil Products US. Medina sued Equilon and Shell for various wage/hour violations, arguing that Shell was his joint employer. The trial court granted Shell’s motion for summary judgment…
November 2019 California Employment Law Notes
We invite you to review our newly-posted November 2019 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:
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McDonald’s Corp Was Not The Joint Employer Of Its Franchisees’ Employees
McDonald’s Corporation (“McDonald’s”) was named as a defendant in a putative class action filed by the employees of the Haynes Family Limited Partnership, which operated eight McDonald’s franchises in the Bay Area. The putative class members alleged they were denied overtime premiums, meal and rest breaks and other violations of the California Labor
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Employees’ Alter Ego/Joint Employer Claims Should Not Have Been Dismissed
Turman v. Superior Court, 17 Cal. App. 5th 969 (2017)
Former employees of the restaurant Koji’s Japan, Inc. sued Koji’s along with Koji’s president, sole shareholder and director Arthur J. Parent, Jr. (“Parent”) and A.J. Parent Company, Inc. (aka “America’s Printer”). Following a bench trial, the trial court determined that Parent and America’s Printer were not alter egos of Koji’s. However, because the trial…