Category: California
First, But Certainly Not the Last: California Agricultural Labor Relations Board Issues First-Ever Additional Penalties to Employer for Willful Misclassification
From JDSupra, Heather Domingo and Rebecca Hause-Schultz discuss the first time the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board…
Trucker Protest Over California Independent Contractor Law Shuts Down Port of Oakland
From JDSupra, Linda Auerbach Allderdice, Kristine Orozco-Little, and Jameson Rice provide an outstanding summary of the history,…
US Department of Labor recovers $158K in back wages, damages for 91 workers at California warehouse after employer failed to pay workers
DRE Health Corp. hired extra workers to meet demand for COVID-19 masks BUENA PARK, CA – A U.S….
Teamsters Campaign Pays Off to Uphold Misclassification Law Protecting Drivers
The Teamsters worked with the California Attorney General to defend California’s independent contractor statute, AB5 from a…
Dead End for Class Certification? Ninth Circuit Provides Roadmap for Defending Independent Contractor Misclassification Class Claims
From JDSupra, Matthew Goodman and Todd Lebowitz discuss a recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of…
This Week at The Ninth: Class Certification and Misclassification
From JDSupra, James Sigel discusses a recent case in which the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said…
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to California’s Independent Contractor Law
From JDSupra, David Cheng reports on the United States Supreme Court’s decision to not review a lower…
Time to Adapt: U.S. Supreme Court Declines Review of California Assembly Bill No 5
From JDSupra, Marc Blubaugh discusses the United States Supreme Court’s decision to decline to review whether California’s independent…
Supreme Court: An Employee’s Individual PAGA Claim Must Be Adjudicated in Arbitration
From JDSupra, Marjorie Soto Garcia, Ron Holland, Priya Singh, and Lauren Ziegler discuss the United States Supreme…
The Supreme Court Strikes a Blow to PAGA: What California Employers Need to Know
From JDSupra, Mike Flesuras and Jennifer Rubin discuss the United States Supreme Court’s decision that says California’s…
Supreme Court Permits Arbitration of Individual PAGA Claims
From JDSupra, Laura Devane, Robert Friedman, Julie McGoldrick, and Joseph Wientge Jr. discuss the United States Supreme…
Solicitor General Recommends that the Supreme Court Not Hear the Appeal that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act Preempts California’s AB5
The Solicitor General of the United States filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court…
