Litigation

In Corbin v. Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership, a former employee sued his employer for lost compensation. The 9th Circuit upheld the lower court’s grant of summary judgment for the employer, holding that the employer’s policy of rounding employee time stamps to the nearest

In Rodriguez v. E.M.E., Inc., the Court of Appeal considered an employer’s deviation from the “preferred” schedule of meal and rest breaks enumerated in section 12(A) of Wage Order 1-2001. For a daily shift of at least eight hours, employers must provide their employees with a thirty-minute meal

In Kilby v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., the Court analyzed California wage order requirements stating that employers must provide their employees with suitable seating under certain circumstances. Plaintiff filed a class-action lawsuit against her former employer CVS Pharmacy, Inc. for failing to provide

In Carbajal v. CWPSC, Inc., the Court upheld a trial court’s ruling to deny a motion to compel arbitration. A former employee filed a lawsuit against the defendant employer for wage and hour claims.  The defendant tried to force her into arbitration. The trial court denied the motion to compel

In USS-POSCO Industries v. Case, the Court enforced a contract that required reimbursement for training if the employee left within 30 months of completion of the training. There, the employee entered into a voluntary  employer-sponsored educational program.  He agreed in writing that if he quit his

In DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held that class action waivers were enforceable. The company and its customers entered into a service agreement that included a binding arbitration provision with a class-arbitration waiver. It specified that the entire arbitration provision was

In Palacio v. Jan & Gail’s Care Homes, Inc., the Court upheld the denial of a class certification based on meal period waivers. At the time of hires, employees of Care Homes are required to sign an agreement waiving their right to uninterrupted meal periods in accordance with the facility’s