Wage Law
"The California Wage And Hour Law Weblog." Discussion of wage and hour legal issues, law and legislation under California and federal law.
Author: Michael J. Walsh and Mark A. Walsh practice in Irvine, Calif.
Blawg Related Categories: Appellate Practice • Civil Rights • Labor & Employment • Legislation & Lobbying • Trials & Litigation • States • California • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Wage Law
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Unintended Consequences
In light of last month's decision in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court (2008) __ Cal.App.4th __, we've heard from quite a few plaintiffs' lawyers who are planning to make PAGA allegations a routine part…
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Holiday Computations
Next Monday is another state court holiday, so don't forget to add a day to all your oppositions due this week. For future reference, here is a list of the California codes regarding dates to…
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Public Comment Sought on Proposed Ethics Rule
The State Bar seeks public comment on new Proposed Formal Opinion Interim No. 98-0001 (Offers of Settlement Conditioned on Client's Waiver of Statutory Right to Seek Attorney's Fees) BACKGROUND: The State Bar Standing Committee on…
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Sick Leave Opinion to be Reviewed
The Supreme Court has granted review in McCarther v. Pacific Telesis Group (2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 176 (Supreme Court case no S164692). All seven justices voted in favor of review. This is not a great surprise,…
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Are Unpaid Interns Entitled to Minimum Wage?
Do you have interns? Or do you have a group of young employees who are being denied minimum wage? The answer might be more complex than you think, according to this recent article in the…
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Judge Bonnie Sabraw Retires
Many of the complex litigation cases in Alameda County, including a large number of wage and hour class actions, are being reassigned from Judge Bonnie L. Sabraw, who has retired, to Judge Steven Brick in…
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Darden settles another California wage class action
According to its most recent SEC filing, Darden Restaurants paid $700,000 to settle another wage and hour class action filed by a former Olive Garden server in California. The employee alleged that Olive Garden had…
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Wage and Benefits Dispute Fuels Disneyland Protests
Approximately 2,300 maids, bell hops, cooks and dishwashers at three Disneyland hotels have been working without a union contract since February, and the members of Unite Here Local 681 have taken to staging protests outside…
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No review of Antelope Valley Press v. Poizner
The Supreme Court has denied a petition for review in Antelope Valley Press v. Poizner (2008) 162 Cal.App.4th 839. We previously discussed the case in posts that can be seen at these links.
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Tele-Seminar on Brinker this Friday at Noon
The State Bar Labor & Employment section is hosting a one hour telephone seminar on Friday entitled "Brinker: the End of California Meal and Rest Break Litigation or Only the Beginning?" The speakers will be…