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Labor/Employment

May 9, 2014

Employment precedent favoring class certification - so far

The majority of published appellate decisions applying Brinker have favored class certification, prompting plaintiffs' attorneys to say the pendulum has swung in their clients' direction.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Finally, clarity after years of waiting. At least, that's what employment attorneys thought when the state Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that employers are under no obligation to require their workers take legally mandated lunch and rest breaks. But just how much each side has won or lost in the much-watched case has been at issue ever since.


Plaintiffs' lawyers had pushed for strict requireme...

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