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On May 1, we reported on the California Supreme Court’s opinion in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, in which the Supreme Court set forth the standard for determining if a worker may properly be classified as an employee or independent contractor. See  Cal. Employment Law Blog (May 1, 2018). An issue that the Court did not address is whether its opinion should…

Alvarado v. Dart Container Corp. of Cal., 2018 WL 1146645 (Cal. S. Ct. 2018)

Hector Alvarado, who worked as a warehouse associate for Dart, is a member of a putative class of employees who, in addition to their normal hourly wages, received a $15 per day attendance bonus if they were scheduled to work on a Saturday or Sunday and did so, completing their…

Krupnick v. Duke Energy Morro Bay, 115 Cal. App. 4th 1026 (2004)

John Krupnick filed this personal injury action against Duke Energy Morro Bay on January 8, 2003 for injuries allegedly sustained on January 26, 2001. Duke filed a demurrer on the ground that the action was barred by the one-year statute of limitations of former California Code of Civil Procedure Section 340(3). Krupnick…