Supreme Court Gives Employers Another Tool to Fend Off Class Actions Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an arbitration agreement cannot be read as permitting class arbitration unless the agreement clearly and explicitly so provides; it is not enough...
In February 2019, the Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles said on-call employees are protected by the Industrial Welfare Commission’s (IWC) wage orders, that entitle employees to “reporting time pay” as soon as they are required to report to work. The...
Fast-food chain Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. has found itself at the center of the ongoing debate over mandatory arbitration provisions in employment agreements. That debate has always assumed that arbitration clauses favor employers. However, the most recent...
Winery ignores evidence against manager who sexually harassed female employees. The Los Angeles County Superior Court awards the two Plaintiffs $11 Million Dollars. Jury Verdict Alert.com California announced today that a Los Angeles County Winery was ordered to pay...
Reprinted from an article that appeared in the Labor & Employment Blog by Robin E. Largent Yesterday, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court (Lee), adopting a very broad view of the workers who will be...
You may recall that last year, we reported on a Ninth Circuit case, Rizo v. Yovino, wherein the Court of Appeal held that an applicant’s prior salary history is a “factor other than sex” that an employer may rely on, either alone or in combination with other factors,...