On March 25, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors, S275431. The Huerta case involved an action by an employee of a subcontractor hired by Defendant CSI Electrical Contractors, to provide procurement, installation, construction, testing, and services at the California Flats Solar Project in San Luis Obispo and […]
On July 24, 2023, the California Court of Appeal issued a partially published opinion negatively impacting employers who have a neutral time clock rounding policy. Employers should be prepared to take appropriate action to avoid class action liability. The End of Rounding Time in California is Imminent The plaintiff in the case was a registered […]
The California Legislature has enacted a number of new laws that will impact employers and employees in 2016. In eight installments, Kronick will provide you with helpful summaries by category. The first installment covers Wage and Hour Laws. I. Wage & Hour Laws A. SB 358 (Jackson): California Fair Pay Act With the adoption of […]
Last week, the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District reversed a trial court’s class certification denial in a proposed overtime class action brought by Joe’s Crab Shack managers against the restaurant chain. The court ruled that a class action was the best method of resolving the employees’ wage and hour claims, even […]
In deciding Tilly’s Inc.’s appeal to send a former warehouse employee’s proposed class action to arbitration, the Court of Appeal for the Fourth District of California held that arbitration provisions contained in the clothing retailer’s employment contracts excluded wage claims. Affirming the trial court’s order denying Tilly’s Inc.’s motion to compel arbitration, the appellate court […]
The California Supreme Court recently considered whether an employer may allocate an employee's commission wages from one pay period to other pay periods in order to meet the commissioned employee overtime exemption. (Susan J. Peabody v. Time Warner Cable, Inc. (— P.3d —, 2014 WL 3397770, Cal. July 14, 2014)). The Supreme Court held that […]
Starting today, April 1, 2024, the new minimum wage for fast food employees throughout the state of California is at least $20.00 an hour. For most other employers, the state minimum wage is currently $16.00 an hour. AB 1228 On September 28, 2023, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 1228, the Fast Food Restaurant Industry […]
The California Supreme Court again has issued a decision damaging to California employers and further heightening the risks associated with managing employee meal and rest breaks in California. In Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Servs. Inc., ___ P.3d ____ (2022), the California Supreme Court found that an employer’s willful failure to pay meal and rest break […]
Families First Coronavirus Response Act – HR 6201’s Division D – Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020 The Emergency Unemployment Stabilization and Access Act of 2020, a part of the FFCRA, amends Section 903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1103) by providing $1,000,000,000.00 ($1 billion) in emergency grants to states […]
On March 18, 2020, the U. S. Senate passed HR 6201, a bill passed in the House of Representatives on March 16, 2020. This bill enacts a number of emergency relief measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This legal alert focuses on two aspects of the bill: the “Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act,” […]