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U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

May 2, 2018

What law controls when a California worker works outside California?

California has a strong public policy of protecting its workers. And it’s even possible that California’s wage and hour laws may be applied to work beyond California’s boundaries.

Brian S. Kabateck

Founding and Managing Partner
Kabateck LLP

Consumer rights

633 W. Fifth Street Suite 3200
Los Angeles , CA 90071

Phone: 213-217-5000

Email: bsk@kbklawyers.com

Brian represents plaintiffs in personal injury, mass torts litigation, class actions, insurance bad faith, insurance litigation and commercial contingency litigation. He is a former president of Consumer Attorneys of California.

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Cheryl A. Kenner

Associate
Shegerian & Associates Inc.

Phone: (310) 860-0770

Email: CKenner@Shegerianlaw.com

Cheryl's practice primarily focuses on employment law class actions, products liability actions, personal injury actions, mass tort actions, and appellate actions.

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California has a strong public policy of protecting its workers. And it's no secret that relative to other states' wage and hour laws, California's are some of the most protective of employees and strictest on employers. It's even possible that California's wage and hour laws may be applied to work beyond California's boundaries.

In 1996, in Tidewater Marine W., Inc. v. Bradshaw, 14 Cal. 4th 557 (1996), t...

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