Labor/Employment
May 4, 2013
Relief for some companies in paying final wages
Companies may not have to pay waiting-time penalities if they reasonably believed a union contract waived certain types of final pay, an appellate court rules
By Laura Hautala
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Companies do not have to pay California's steep waiting-time penalties if they "reasonably believed" a union contract waived workers' rights to certain pay when their employment ends, the 2nd District Court of Appeal found Thursday.
Typically, if an employer fails to pay workers all money owed when they leave the job, workers can sue for high waiting time penalties. But the Celite Corp. believed the c...
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