May 23, 2003

Individual Managers Don't Face Liability for Overtime Violations

Focus Column - Employment Law - By Richard S. Rosenberg and John J. Manier - California courts generally have held that managerial employees cannot be held personally liable for decisions that they make on behalf of the employer. See, for example, Reno v. Baird , 18 Cal.4th 640 (1998). The 2nd District Court of Appeal recently extended this principle to the state's wage-and-hour laws.