Employees Must Be Paid for Work Off the Clock

By Amanda Rydza | Published August 21, 2018 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: Employee Rights, overtime laws, wage & hour laws | Comments Off on Employees Must Be Paid for Work Off the Clock

On Thursday, July 26, 2018, the Supreme Court of California issued its ruling in Troester v. Starbucks Corporation, No. S234969, 2018 WL 3582702, which held that California employees must be paid for all hours worked “off the clock,” including small time periods, which is a deviation from the federal law’s employer-friendly “de minimis” rule. What Read More

Employers Can (in Certain Situations) Legally Impose On-Premises Meal Periods

By Hester Nguyen | Published August 21, 2018 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: Employee Rights, employer standards, on-premises meals | Comments Off on Employers Can (in Certain Situations) Legally Impose On-Premises Meal Periods

Since Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court, California employers have taken great strides in ensuring its employees are provided their daily meal and rest breaks and some California employers have learned the hard way that failure to provide such breaks can expose them to costly penalties and damages. A win for employers came recently when Read More

Employers Brush Up on Employee’s Rights in Case of a Buyout

By Melinda Garcia | Published July 5, 2016 | Posted in Business, Buyouts, Employee Rights, Employment Issues, Uncategorized, Wage & Hour | Tagged Tags: Business, employee, Employee Rights, employer, Employment, Wage & Hour | Leave a comment

As the economic outlook becomes more stable in the U.S., more and more corporate mergers are taking place, with 2015 seeing a record high of $5 trillion in deals (Harvard Law School Forum On Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation). 2016 is anticipated to surpass deals made in 2015, which can mean great news for the Read More

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