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Employment (Focus & Forum)

Nov. 29, 2008

Golden State of Mind

A recent 9th Circuit case suggests that employees who normally live and work in other states may be entitled to the protections of California’s wage and hour laws when they work in California, writes D. Gregory Valenza. - Employment Column

EMPLOYMENT COLUMN

By D. Gregory Valenza

Employers based in other states may send their workers to California on sales or service calls, for long-term consulting assignments or for brief meetings. Employers regularly employing workers in California learn - sometimes the hard way - about the many unique employment laws and regulations they must follow, particularly in the "wage and hour" arena. But then there are businesses whose workers enter Calif...

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