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Labor/Employment

Oct. 22, 2004

Opposing Class Certification Requires Careful Preparation

Focus Column - Employment Law - By Arthur F. Silbergeld Since the decision in Bell v. Farmers Insurance Exchange , 87 Cal.App.4th 805 (2001) ( Bell I ), hundreds of class actions have flooded state trial courts, each asserting that an employer mistakenly has classified various categories of employees as exempt from the daily and weekly overtime provisions of state law. Such claims have been costly.

        
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