We invite you to review our newly-posted January 2024 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:
Rest-Break Class Gets Second Chance for Class Certification
Miles v. Kirkland’s Stores, 2024 WL 74698 (9th Cir. 2024)
Ariana Miles was employed by Kirkland’s, a chain of home décor stores, from February 2011 to July 2018. She sued her former employer under two theories. First, she alleged that the company unlawfully required its employees to remain in the store during their rest breaks. She also alleged that employees were forced to work
Nurse May Proceed With Class Certification On Wage Statement Claim
Woodworth v. Loma Linda Univ. Med. Ctr., 93 Cal. App. 5th 1038 (2023)
Nicole Woodworth was a registered nurse at Loma Linda University Medical Center from December 2011 to June 2014. In June 2014, she filed a putative class action against Loma Linda, alleging various wage and hour claims on behalf of herself and other employees. She later amended her complaint to add a
September 2023 California Employment Law Notes
We invite you to review our newly-posted September 2023 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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Employers Owe No Duty Of Care To Prevent The Spread Of COVID To Employees’ Household Members
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School District Employer Did Not Violate The Law By Requiring COVID Vaccination/Weekly Testing
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Employer Must Prove “Substantial Increased
March 2022 California Employment Law Notes
We invite you to review our newly-posted March 2022 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:
- California Relaxes Standard For Proving Whistleblower Claims
- At-Will Employee Can Proceed With Labor Code § 970 Claim
- Doctor Proved Age/Race/Gender Discrimination
- Former Owner of Company Is Enjoined From Soliciting Customers
- OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
Court Properly Denied Class Certification For Wage Hour Claims Involving Rounding
Cirrincione v. American Scissor Lift, Inc., 73 Cal. App. 5th 619 (2022)
Jason Cirrincione filed a putative class action lawsuit against his former employer for various wage and hour violations, including failure to pay overtime and minimum wages, meal and rest breaks, waiting time penalties, Cal. Labor Code § 2802, etc. These claims were predicated on the employer’s policy and/or practice of rounding the
January 2022 California Employment Law Notes
We invite you to review our newly-posted January 2022 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:
- Manicurist Can Proceed With Hostile Work Environment Claim
- “Volunteers for Nonprofits Are Not Employees” – Court Affirms Order In Favor Of The American Film Institute
- Nurse’s Discrimination Claims Against Hospital Were Properly Dismissed
- Security
“Volunteers for Nonprofits Are Not Employees” – Court Affirms Order In Favor Of The American Film Institute
Woods v. American Film Institute, 2021 WL 5978072 (Cal. Ct. App. 2021)
Laurie Woods worked for four days as a volunteer at the AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles. She alleges that she worked between 12 and 14 hours each of those days and that she and the other volunteers she purported to represent in this putative class action were unpaid. Woods further alleged
Class Certification Was Properly Denied In Outside Sales Exemption Case
Duran v. U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n, 19 Cal. App. 5th 630 (2018)
Samuel Duran and Matt Fitzsimmons filed this wage-and-hour class action challenging the Bank’s classification of its business banking officers as exempt employees under the outside salesperson exemption. The trial court denied class certification after concluding plaintiffs had failed to carry their burden of showing that common questions predominated. The trial court
Court Affirms Dismissal Of PAGA Claims For Inadequate Notice But Orders Certification Of Class Action
Alcantar v. Hobart Serv., 800 F.3d 1047 (9th Cir. 2015)
Joséluis Alcantar filed this action against his employer to represent a putative class of service technicians for the time spent commuting in the employer’s service vehicles from their homes to their jobsites and then back again. Alcantar also alleged failure to provide the technicians with meal and rest breaks. The district court denied class