wage hour

California - New Wage Rates Announced for Computer Exemption

November 19, 2011 19:55

Under Labor Code Section 515.5, some computer software employees are considered exempt if they meet certain duties and compensation criteria.  The compensation rate is supposed to vary with the rate of inflation. The California Division of Labor Statistics and Research has just adjusted the...

New California Laws Increase Penalties for Employee Misclassification and Wage Theft

November 04, 2011 14:23

by Michael S. Kun, Eric A. Cook, and Jennifer A. Goldman California Governor Jerry Brown has signed two employment-related bills into law, raising the stakes for employers doing business in California. The two laws, which increase the penalties for employers that wrongly classify employees as...

Brinker!! Argument is 11/08/11

October 04, 2011 23:33

The California Supreme Court will hear arguments in Brinker v. Superior Court (see a bunch of posts here) regarding employers' obligations to provide meal periods.  Argument is November 8 in San Francisco.  I'm so excited, I need a rest period.  Docket is here.DGVSHAW VALENZA LLP -...

New York Federal Court Finds Corporate CEO Individually Liable For Unpaid Wages

September 16, 2011 19:20

In the latest installment in a long running dispute regarding compensation of certain mid-level managerial employees at the Gristede’s chain of New York-area grocery stores, federal Judge Paul Crotty ruled last week that Gristede’s corporate CEO, John Catsimatidis, is an individually...

Court holds conclusory allegations of retailer's wage and hour violations do not belong in federal court

Dylan Carp
April 28, 2011 13:36

  A federal court in Pennsylvania has held conclusory allegations that a retailer required a putative class of non-exempt store managers to work off the clock and failed to pay them overtime, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), are insufficient to state a claim...