Wage and Hour
Representative Cases
- Established the standard for determining whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under California wage orders in the context of a class action brought by delivery drivers against a nationwide delivery company.
- In an employee’s civil wage and hour suit, determined that an employee cannot properly bring breach of contract or negligence causes of action against a third-party payroll company which provided payroll processing services to the employee’s employer.
- Determined that retail store employees’ time spent waiting for and undergoing an employer’s mandatory exit search was part of an employee’s “hours worked” under California wage orders.
