California Labor & Employment Law Blog
Off the Clock Work
Case: San Diego Superior Court Client: Hourly Hotel Employee – Banquets Department Employer: Confidential Settlement: $510,000 The JCL Law Firm obtained preliminary settlement approval from the San Diego Superior Court for a $510,000 class action settlement on...
Unpaid Rest Period for Commissioned Based Employee
Date: February 8, 2019 Case: San Diego Superior Court Client: Call Center Employees Paid Solely on a Commission Employer: Accredited Debt Relief, LLC Settlement: $2,000,000.00 Legal Theory: Unpaid Rest Periods The California wage and hour attorneys at the JCL...
28 Day Shuffle – Violation of Civil Code Section 1940.1
Case:California Superior Court Client:Confidential Defendants:Confidential Legal Theory: 28 Day Shuffle – Violation of Civil Code Section 1940.1 Result:$285,000.00 The JCL Law Firm, APC obtained approval for a $285,000 class action settlement against the owners and...
Unlawful Housing Class Action Settlement
The JCL Law Firm, APC obtained preliminary approval from the San Diego Superior Court for a class action settlement on behalf of hundreds of wrongfully evicted residential hotel tenants. The settlement will provide substantial financial compensation to the victims of...
Misclassified House Cleaners
Case: Misclassified House Cleaners Settlement:$250,000 The JCL Law Firm obtained preliminary settlement approval from the San Diego Superior Court for a $250,000 class action settlement on behalf of nearly 150 misclassified house cleaners. The JCL Law firm filed the...
Paid Rest Breaks for Car Salesman and Car Saleswomen?
Are California car salespersons entitled to paid rest breaks? Yes. What is the paid rest break requirement in California for car salesmen and car sales women? California car salespersons are entitled to 10-minute paid rest break for every four-hour work period, or...
On Duty Nurses – Meal and Rest Period Violations
Date: July 25, 2018 Case: California Superior Court Client: Nurses and Hospital Employees Employer: Confidential Settlement: $1,650,000.00 Legal Theory: On Duty Meal and Rest Periods The wage and hour class action attorneys at the JCL Law Firm obtained final...
JCL Law Firm Wins Landmark Appellate Decision on behalf of California Homeowners
The JCL Law Firm recently won a landmark decision at the California Court of Appeal on behalf of California homeowners in Blanchette v. Superior Court (GHA Enterprises), 8 Cal.App.5th 521 (2017). The Court of Appeal held that a Superior Court judge erred in staying a...
Fired or Quit? When Do I Get Paid?
In California, if an employer fires or terminates an employee, the employer must immediately pay the employee all unpaid wages at the time. If an employee quits his or her employment, the employer shall pay the employee all unpaid wages with 72 hours. (Labor Code §§...
Employers Must Pay Employees for “On Call” Rest Breaks
Recently the California Supreme Court held that California employers must compensate their employees a premium hour of wages at the employee’s regular rate of pay for “on call” rest breaks. In the landmark decision Augustus v. ABM Security Services, Inc., the...
