Guest blog post by Mikella Wickham:
They say location is everything in business. How about classification of workers?
In certain industries, workers have a unique combination of specified skills and
Continue Reading Where Do Fitness Instructors “Fit” in the Current Worker Classification System?
California has the most stringent meal and rest break rules in the country. If an employee’s break is not taken within the proper time, is not long enough, or is
Continue Reading California Meal and Rest Period Rules Are Absurd
I hope you’ll join my Fox colleagues Keith Chrestionson and Jaemin Chang and me on January 27 for the next in our series of breakfast briefings in our San Francisco
Continue Reading Invitation: Join Us in San Francisco on January 27 for a 2017 Employment Law Update
Companies who employ healthcare employees on shifts longer than 12 hours need to change their meal period rules immediately. It would be even better if they can go back in
Continue Reading CA Court Changes Rules on Healthcare Worker Meal Periods
From the employer’s perspective, the only way to truly “win” an employment case is to avoid it in the first place. We litigators love the thrill of gettting a
Continue Reading Ten Commandments for Avoiding Employment Lawsuits in California
Meal and rest period class actions haven’t gone away since the California Supreme Court issued its Brinker decision. While it’s become harder for plaintiffs to get classes certified, there’s an
Continue Reading The Shape of Meal and Rest Period Claims Post-Brinker
Six cases that had been in grant and hold status with the California Supreme Court pending the decision in Brinker v. Superior Court were all transferred back to their respective
Continue Reading Cases on hold pending Brinker sent back to Courts of Appeal
In an opinion filed on April 30th, the California Supreme Court held that attorneys’ fees are not awarded to the winners in cases involving meal and rest period claims. In
Continue Reading California Supreme Court Says No Attorneys Fees in Meal and Rest Period Claims
When all is said and done, the Brinker issue comes down to a missing verb.
Continue Reading A Verb A Verb, My Kingdom For A Verb
We have all read the alerts and blog postings indicating that employers are only required to “provide” meal breaks, but need not “ensure” that they are
Continue Reading Into the Weeds with Brinker Part 2: What Does Provide vs. Ensure Really Mean?