Schwarzenegger vetoes agricultural worker overtime bill

Legislation that would have mandated paying California’s agricultural workers overtime for work over eight hours in a workday and over 40 hours in a workweek was vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. California’s overtime law generally requires employers to compensate employees for overtime hours worked in excess of 8 hours in a workday or 40 hours [...]

Employment Litigation – The California Legislature Should Take A Swing for Punitive Damages for Denied Meal and Break Times

Recently, the California Supreme Court denied review of Brewer v. Premier Golf Properties (2008) 168 Cal. App. 4th 1243. Brewer sued her former employer for Government Code violations and Labor Code violations pertaining to meal and break times. The trial resulted in a verdict in her favor including $195,000.00 in punitive damages. Premier Golf Properties filed [...]

Employment Litigation – Los Angeles Janitors Really Clean Up To The Tune of $13,640,819.00

On April 17, 2000, the California Labor Commissioner, Angela Bradstreet, and the Attorney General, Edmund Brown, announced that they had joined forces and obtained a default jugment for $13,640,819,00 against two janitorial services (Excell Cleaning and Building Services Inc. and M.O. Restaurant Cleaning of California Inc.) operating in Los Angeles and two other southern California [...]

California Labor Commissioner orders contractor to pay $1.3 million for wage violations

California Labor Commissioner orders contractor to pay $1.3 million for wage violations Russell/Thompson, Inc, a framing contractor, must pay $1.3 million in wages and $200,000 in fines for failure to pay 74 employees wages for their work at Tercero Housing Project at the University of California, Davis, announced California State Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet. Bradstreet [...]