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Modification: Hearn v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Plaintiff's defamation claim was not separately actionable from the wrongful termination claim he dropped before trial where the claims arose from the same wrongful conduct and requested the same damages. 		Employment Law, Torts 1DCA/3 Jan. 30, 2025
Hearn v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Plaintiff's defamation claim was not separately actionable from the wrongful termination claim he dropped before trial where the claims arose from the same wrongful conduct and requested the same damages. 		Employment Law, Torts 1DCA/3 Jan. 28, 2025
Associated General Contractors v. Dept. of Industrial Relations
California Apprenticeship Council's amendments ensuring that apprentices would not be used as cheap labor were within its rulemaking authority and consistent with governing laws. 		Employment Law 3DCA Jan. 24, 2025
Villalva v. Bombardier Mass Transit Corp.
Despite being unsuccessful in their Berman hearings, employees who succeeded with the de novo review of their case in superior court were properly awarded attorney fees. 		Employment Law, Civil Procedure 4DCA/1 Jan. 23, 2025
E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera
The preponderance-of-the-evidence standard applies for an employer to demonstrate that an employee is exempt from the minimum wage and overtime pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 		Employment Law USSC Jan. 16, 2025
Markel v. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
A mashgiach was considered a "minister" within the Union of Orthodox Jewish Organization of America, and therefore could not bring employment claims against the Organization. 		Employment Law, Constitutional Law 9th Dec. 31, 2024
Leeper v. Shipt, Inc.
Since all Private Attorneys General Act claims necessarily contain individual and representative components, the individual component may be compelled to arbitration, staying litigation of the representative component. 		Employment Law, Arbitration 2DCA/1 Dec. 31, 2024
Winston v. County of Los Angeles
Trial court erred in denying successful whistleblower retaliation litigant's Labor Code Section 1102.5(j) attorney fees' request when amended provision could be applied retroactively. 		Civil Procedure, Employment Law 2DCA/8 Dec. 17, 2024
Chavez v. California Collision
The Labor Code superseded the California Civil Code of Civil Procedure and prohibited cost shifting in a wage claim lawsuit where the employee was the prevailing party. 		Employment Law 1DCA/3 Dec. 12, 2024
Rodriguez v. Lawrence Equipment, Inc.
Because of issue preclusion, former employee lacked standing to continue his Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claim after he failed to prove his wage-and-hour Labor Code claims in arbitration. 		Employment Law 2DCA/3 Nov. 12, 2024
Bedard v. City of Los Angeles
Trial court's affirmance of city employee's termination due to refusal to be vaccinated was supported by substantial evidence. 		Employment Law, Government 2DCA/3 Nov. 4, 2024
Bath v. State of California
State employees' contract claim against the State survived demurrer because right to receive compensation for completed work ripened into Constitutionally-protected contractual rights. 		Government, Employment Law 1DCA/2 Oct. 25, 2024
Modification: Wentworth v. Regents of the University of California
Trial court erred in granting summary adjudication to U.C. Berkeley assistant professor's invasion of privacy claim. 		Employment Law 1DCA/4 Oct. 25, 2024
Ramirez v. City of Indio
City Manager was not bound by an arbitrator's findings with respect to the evidence supporting termination of a police officer under the City of Indio's Memorandum of Understanding. 		Government, Employment Law 4DCA/1 Oct. 14, 2024
Liu v. Miniso Depot CA, Inc.
The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act exempts an entire case from arbitration where plaintiff asserts at least one sexual harassment claim subject to the act. 		Arbitration, Employment Law 2DCA/1 Oct. 8, 2024
Wentworth v. Regents of the University of California
Trial court erred in granting summary adjudication to U.C. Berkeley assistant professor's invasion of privacy claim. 		Employment Law 1DCA/4 Oct. 2, 2024
Mooney v. Fife
Summary judgment improper where employee made prima facie showing of retaliation under False Claims Act and genuine issues of fact existed regarding whether proffered explanation for his termination was pretextual. 		Employment Law 9th Oct. 1, 2024
Kim v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
Uber was not liable for driver who logged off from the Uber driver app and struck a pedestrian minutes later. 		Employment Law, Torts 2DCA/8 Sep. 24, 2024
Silloway v. City and County of San Francisco
Summary judgment on overtime claim was improper where material questions of fact existed as to whether City of San Francisco's published salary ordinance was actually used in practice. 		Employment Law 9th Sep. 12, 2024
Modification: Taylor v. Tesla, Inc.
Despite pending parallel litigation, refusal to respond to employee record requests under the Labor Code was not protected conduct subject to the provisions of the anti-SLAPP statute. 		Anti-SLAPP, Employment Law 1DCA/4 Sep. 4, 2024
Stone v. Alameda Health System
Hospital authority was a public employer the Legislature intended to be exempt from Labor Code statutes regarding meal and rest breaks and timely payment of wages. 		Employment Law CASC Aug. 16, 2024
Taylor v. Tesla, Inc.
Despite pending parallel litigation, refusal to respond to employee record requests under the Labor Code was not protected conduct subject to the provisions of the anti-SLAPP statute. 		Anti-SLAPP, Employment Law 1DCA/4 Aug. 12, 2024
Parker v. BNSF Railway Company
District court improperly applied the Federal Railroad Safety Act, which prohibits discharge due even "in part" to an employee's refusal to violate a railroad safety regulation. 		Employment Law 9th Aug. 12, 2024
Kennedy v. Las Vegas Sands Corporation
Corporate pilots were exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act because they qualified as highly compensated, non-manual employees under the Act's definition. 		Employment Law 9th Aug. 2, 2024
Turrieta v. Lyft, Inc.
Aggrieved employee asserting claims under Private Attorneys General Act has no personal or representative right to intervene in another aggrieved employee's action asserting overlapping claims. 		Employment Law, Civil Procedure CASC Aug. 2, 2024
Okonowsky v. Garland
A colleague's social media page could reasonably create an objective hostile work environment under Title VII. 		Employment Discrimination, Employment Law 9th Jul. 26, 2024
Castellanos, et al. v. State of California, et al.
Proposition 22 (classifying app-based drivers as independent contractors) does not conflict with Article XIV, Section 4 of the California Constitution. 		Constitutional Law, Employment Law CASC Jul. 26, 2024
Ruelas v. County of Alameda
Non-convicted incarcerated individuals performing services in county jails for a private, for-profit company had no wage and hour claims under the California Labor Code. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Employment Law 9th Jul. 29, 2024
Cadena v. Customer Connexx LLC
The de minimis doctrine remains applicable to workers' claims for overtime wages under Section 207 of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 		Employment Law 9th Jul. 11, 2024
Musquiz v. U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
Retired railworker was without fault for overpayments made by Railroad Retirement Board after the Board sent him a letter stating that it had adjusted his annuity based on additional wages. 		Employment Law 9th Jul. 5, 2024
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