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California Supreme Court

May 29, 2013

Why our high court must narrowly construe labor laws

The Legislature has commanded that exemptions to labor laws be narrowly construed, and with good reason. By Norman B. Blumenthal


By Norman B. Blumenthal


The state Supreme Court is being asked in Sonic-Calabasas A, Inc. v. Moreno, S174475, and Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC, S204032, to roll back the employees' state law right to a Berman Hearing, Cal. Lab. Code Section 98 et seq., the Department of Labor's state law right to an enforcement action, Cal. Lab. Code Section 2698 et seq., and the employees' federal and state law right to engage in a co...

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