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Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court

Feb. 19, 2020

Employers pay when employees bring their baggage to work

Last week, California again parted ways with federal wage and hour standards to increase protections for the Golden State’s employees.

Steven B. Katz

Partner
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP

1800 Century Park E Fl 6
Los Angeles , CA 90067

Phone: (310) 597-4553

Email: skatz@constangy.com

USC Law School

Steven B. Katz is a partner and co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP. He represents employers in class, collective and representative actions, and appeals.

Christin Lawler

Associate
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Email: clawler@constangy.com

Christin represents employers in class, collective and representative actions, and appeals.

In last Thursday's ruling in Frlekin v. Apple, Inc., 2020 DJDAR 1169, California again parted ways with federal wage and hour standards to increase protections for the Golden State's employees. The California Supreme Court unanimously held that employees must be paid for time spent in mandatory, onsite security checks, rejecting arguments that since employees could ch...

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