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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Nov. 16, 2007

Payback Time

Employment Column - By John H. Douglas and Jean Kosela - The California Supreme Court's recent ruling in Gattuso v. Harte-Hanks Shoppers Inc. seemed to say that employers reimbursing their employees through higher base pay rates is perfectly legal. The truth, however, may be considerably more complicated.

EMPLOYMENT COLUMN

By John H. Douglas and Jean Kosela

      On Nov. 5, 2007, the California Supreme Court announced a widely anticipated decision in a case, Gattuso v. Harte-Hanks Shoppers, Inc., that - at least on the surface - seemed to call into question some fundamental conceptual distinctions in California wage and hour law.
      The issue on appeal, according to Justice Joyce L. Kennard...

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