Tag: CA Employers

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November 21, 2024
After years of enduring the heavy burdens of California’s PAGA rules, employers are finally seeing signs of relief. In a recent decision, a California appeals court ruled that if an employee loses their individual claims in arbitration, they cannot move forward with a PAGA lawsuit as a representative of other workers. This is a significant victory for employers because it means arbitration can effectively shut down costly and time-consuming PAGA lawsuits in certain situations. In this case, the court agreed with the employer's argument that since the employee’s wage and hour claims were disproven during arbitration, they no longer had
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September 17, 2024
A recent federal court ruling confirmed that the Department of Labor (DOL) has the authority to set a minimum salary for workers to be exempt from overtime pay. In light of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, this lower court’s ruling is arguably surprising and, perhaps, is a sign that lower courts are struggling to work out the full ramifications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent anti-regulatory rulings.
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August 14, 2024
The recent decision by the California Supreme Court in Turrieta v. Lyft, Inc. is a significant win for employers facing multiple lawsuits under the state's Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). This ruling clarifies that a plaintiff (the person suing) in one PAGA lawsuit does not have the right to intervene or object to a settlement in another, even if that settlement would effectively end their own case. This decision is crucial for employers as it reduces the uncertainty and potential complications when dealing with overlapping PAGA claims.
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April 16, 2024
On March 25, 2024, the California Supreme Court ruled that an employee's time spent waiting in the employee’s personal vehicle on their employer's premises while undergoing an employer-mandated exit procedure by a security guard, is considered compensable "hours worked" under Wage Order No. 16, section 2(J).