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California Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 22: What It Means for Gig Economy Workers and Companies

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Last week, on July 25, 2024, the California Supreme Court in Castellanos v. State of California unanimously upheld Proposition 22, the 2020 ballot measure that allows gig economy businesses like Uber and Lyft to legally...more

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California Supreme Court Holds That Time Spent Waiting by Apple Retail Employees for Exit Searches is Compensable under California...

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It is not unusual for businesses at risk of employee theft to implement security screenings for employees as they exit the employer’s facilities.  Such screenings are especially common in industries where small, costly items...more

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Bad Apple: Employee Searches are Compensable Time

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The California Supreme Court clarified in a highly anticipated decision, that time spent waiting for and undergoing mandatory exit searches of personal items is considered compensable time under California’s Wage Orders....more

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California Supreme Court Rejects Conversion Claim for Unpaid Wages

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In Voris v. Lampert, the California Supreme Court held that unpaid wages cannot be recovered through a tort claim for conversion....more

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2019 Employment Law: Cases Pending in the California Supreme Court

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employment-related cases pending before the California Supreme Court concern various questions that sometimes seem technical, but the answers they elicit will have big consequences. ...more

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California Supreme Court Clarifies Overtime Calculation Involving Flat Sum Bonuses

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In a less-than-favorable decision for employers – Alvarado v. Dart Container Corporation – the California Supreme Court addressed how to calculate the overtime pay rate when the employee earns a non-production, flat sum bonus...more

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Employment Law Reporter May 2018: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished – California Supreme Court Decision May Change the Way Employers...

California is a difficult landscape for employers, and last month, the California Supreme Court made that landscape all the more difficult. In a case called Alvarado v. Dart Container Corp., the California Supreme Court...more

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Are You Doing It Right? California Supreme Court Clarifies Overtime Rate Calculations

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It is an old joke that the world can be divided into people who are good at math and those who go to law school. Whether you believe the joke or not, math – or in this case, simple arithmetic – can be at the heart of many...more

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California Rejects Federal ‘Regular Rate Of Pay’ Rules

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A recent California Supreme Court opinion highlights how employers following federal law can run afoul of California wage and hour requirements. The issue in Alvarado v. Dart Container Corporation of California involves...more

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California Supreme Court Clarifies Overtime Calculation

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Calculating the correct overtime pay rate in California has long been a complicated process. The basic overtime rate is defined as one and a half times an employee’s “regular rate” of pay. This purportedly “regular” figure...more

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California Supreme Court Confirms Special State Rule on Calculating Overtime Premiums Arising From Bonuses

In Alvarado v. Dart Container Corporation of California, the California Supreme Court clarified how a flat sum bonus – a bonus that is independent of the number of hours worked by an employee – must be enhanced to comply with...more

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Calculating Overtime Pay When Paying a Flat Sum Bonus in a Single Pay Period

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Failing to comply with last week’s California Supreme Court order concerning overtime pay and lump sum bonuses may expose you to costly class actions like so many other California employers....more

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California Supreme Court Determines How Flat Sum Bonuses Factor into Overtime Calculation

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The California Supreme Court recently decided the question of how an employee’s overtime pay rate should be calculated when the employee has earned a flat sum bonus during a single pay period....more

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California Supreme Court Deviates From Federal Regulations on Calculating Regular Rate of Pay on Flat Rate Bonuses

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On March 5, 2018, the California Supreme Court decided Alvarado v. Dart Container Corp., and formally diverged from the federal regulations on calculating overtime for flat rate bonuses....more

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California Supreme Court's Recent Overtime Ruling Likely to Cause Payroll Problems

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On March 5, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling clarifying how employers must handle flat-sum bonuses (i.e., additional compensation that does not change depending on the number of hours worked by an employee)...more

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California Changes the Rules for Calculating Overtime on Employee Bonuses

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The California Supreme Court just threw employers a serious curveball with respect to how employers must calculate overtime. And it did so by claiming employers should have known of this calculation method even though the...more

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