Do you have employees who visit California for business? If so, now may be a good time to brush up on California wage and hour law. On June 30, 2011, the California Supreme Court ruled that the California Labor Code's overtime provisions applied to three non-resident employees of Oracle Corporation who performed work within the state. Sullivan v. Oracle Corporation.

Summary of the Ruling

According to the decision, the three plaintiffs, Donald Sullivan, Deanna Evich and Richard Burkow, formerly worked for Oracle as Instructors and were responsible for training Oracle customers on the use of the company's software products. While Orcale is based in California, Sullivan and Evich reside in Colorado, while Burkow lives in Arizona. They worked mostly in their home states, but also traveled to California and multiple other states. During the time period at issue in the litigation (2001-2004), Sullivan worked 74 days in California, Evich worked 110 days, and Burkow worked 20 days.