On March 8, 2024, a federal district court in Texas vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s 2023 joint employer rule. The 2023 rule, which was set to take effect on March 11, would have expanded the joint employer test...more
On September 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new proposed rule that would substantially simplify the test for determining whether persons are employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor...more
Timecard rounding is a tricky area of employment law. Employers like rounding because it streamlines timekeeping and payroll; employees like it because it gives them the chance to get paid for time they did not actually work...more
Companies doing business in California and elsewhere scored a victory yesterday in one of the fastest growing areas in employment law: joint employment claims. In a significant opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th...more
On May 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court held that employees can waive their right to participate in a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This is a major victory for employers seeking to limit...more
The California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court, in which the court considered the appropriate test to use when determining whether a worker is an employee or...more
On September 28, 2017, the Supreme Court announced it will consider for a second time whether service advisors in automobile dealerships are exempt from overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more
On August 28, 2014, the California Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in favor of Domino's Pizza and all business format franchisors that do business in California. In Patterson v. Domino's Pizza, LLC, ---P.3d---, 2014 WL...more