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Gessele v. Jack in the Box Inc.
Where competing factual inferences existed as to whether employer Jack in the Box's overdeductions for state benefits fund was willful, district court's granting of summary judgment on that issue was improper. 		Employment Law 9th Nov. 26, 2025
Lorenzo v. San Francisco Zen Center
Despite being a Zen Buddhist minister, former employee's wage-and-hour claims were not barred by First Amendment's Religious Clauses' ministerial exception. 		Employment Law, Constitutional Law 1DCA/5 Nov. 25, 2025
Dobarro v. Kim
Appellate court issued attorneys a stark and pointed reminder not to ignore binding precedent when forging their legal arguments in case involving missing a statutory deadline. 		Attorneys, Employment Law 1DCA/5 Nov. 21, 2025
Brown v. Dave & Buster's of California
Settlement of previously-filed Private Attorney General Act action that had been amended to include encompass all claims asserted in subsequent, separate PAGA suit triggered claim preclusion for the second suit. 		Employment Law, Civil Procedure 2DCA/8 Nov. 21, 2025
Mora v. C.E. Enterprises
Because employer's hourly compensation system independently met minimum hourly wage requirements without tacking on bonus pay, it did not violate *Gonzalez*'s "no borrowing" rule. 		Employment Law 2DCA/6 Nov. 20, 2025
Anton's Services v. Hagen
Subcontractor for city project was liable for liquidated damages because contractor's withholding of funds did not constitute payment of wages that the subcontractor failed to pay to its employees. 		Employment Law, Municipal Law 4DCA/1 Nov. 20, 2025
Hollis v. R&R Restaurants Inc.
With Fair Labor Standards Act retaliation claims, because the focus is on the employment relationship underlying the protected activity, district court erred in improperly focusing on the wrong employer-employee relationship. 		Employment Law 9th Nov. 19, 2025
Galarsa v. Dolgen California
Arbitration agreement did not encompass the issue of plaintiff's status as an "aggrieved employee" for the purposes of pursuing a non-individual action under the Private Attorneys General Act. 		Employment Law 5DCA Oct. 9, 2025
McDoniel v. Kavry Management
Employer's violation of statute prohibiting requiring employees to submit to polygraph examinations as a condition of continued employment supported a claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. 		Employment Law 4DCA/1 Oct. 2, 2025
Levy v. City and County of San Francisco
Labor Code section 512.1, which extends meal and rest break protections to specific public healthcare employees, does not include charter cities such as San Francisco. 		Employment Law 1DCA/4 Oct. 2, 2025
Iloff v. LaPaille
Employers asserting good faith defense to liquidated damages for unpaid minimum wages must show a reasonable attempt to determine the law's requirements and a good faith effort to comply. 		Employment Law CASC Aug. 22, 2025
Renteria-Hinojosa v. Sunsweet Growers, Inc.
Federal Labor Management Relations Act section 301 preempted only plaintiff's untimely-wages claim. 		Employment Law, Labor Law 9th Aug. 15, 2025
Williams v. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
Despite being an atypical compensation plan, hauling company's driver compensation scheme met California's hybrid employee compensation plan minimum wage requirements. 		Employment Law 9th Aug. 13, 2025
Hirdman v. Charter Communications, LLC
Because plaintiff's "exempt employee" status was based on a specific Labor Code section, calculating his sick pay using Labor Code section 246(l)(3)'s method for exempt employees was proper. 		Employment Law 4DCA/1 Aug. 6, 2025
Lampkin v. County of Los Angeles
Whistleblower's action was not "successful" for purposes of attorneys' fees because the jury--notwithstanding its finding of retaliation--awarded no relief after the employer established the "same-decision" defense. 		Employment Law 2DCA/4 Jul. 10, 2025
CRST Expedited, Inc. v. Superior Court (Sanchez)
"Headless" PAGA actions for pre-2024 cases, those brought by an aggrieved employee seeking to recover civil penalties for Labor Code violations suffered only by other employees, are permitted. 		Employment Law 5DCA Jul. 10, 2025
Brown v. City of Inglewood
Elected official was not an "employee" for the purposes of whistleblower protections under the Labor Code and could not sue for alleged retaliation. 		Employment Law CASC Jul. 8, 2025
Harrington v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
District courts must assess each opt-in plaintiff's claim in collective action under Fair Labor Standards Act for sufficient connections to the defendant's activities in the forum state to support specific personal jurisdiction. 		Employment Law, Civil Procedure 9th Jul. 2, 2025
Allison v. Dignity Health
Where adjudicating defendant employer's affirmative defense against meal break violations would create too many individualized inquiries to support class treatment, trial court appropriately decertified class treatment. 		Employment Law, Civil Procedure 1DCA/4 Jun. 26, 2025
Stanley v. City of Sanford
Retired employee's disability claim against city who changed its health insurance policy to lessen coverage for those retiring due to disability was not covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. 		Disability Discrimination, Employment Law USSC Jun. 23, 2025
Palms Springs Promenade, LLC v. Dept. of Industrial Relations
Although partially funded by city tax dollars, development project was not municipal work eligible for City's anti-prevailing wage ordinance because project was not primarily for a public purpose with public benefits. 		Municipal Law, Employment Law 4DCA/1 Jun. 17, 2025
Silva v. Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.
Unconscionable terms of employment agreement--executed at the same time as a separate arbitration agreement between the parties--rendered the latter agreement unenforceable. 		Arbitration, Employment Law 2DCA/5 Jun. 17, 2025
Velarde v. Monroe Operations, LLC
Misleading plaintiff as to the terms of an arbitration agreement, along with oppressive procedural unconcisonability, rendered the agreement unenforceable. 		Arbitration, Employment Law 4DCA/3 Jun. 10, 2025
Osuna v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc.
Plaintiff's Private Attorneys General Act claim was not time-barred when it met standing requirements and was filed before legislative changes imposed a statute of limitations. 		Employment Law 2DCA/6 May 29, 2025
Modification: Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc.
Plaintiffs' prospective, written waivers of their 30-minute meal period for shifts between five and six hours were valid and enforceable. 		Employment Law 2DCA/7 May 23, 2025
Modification: Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc.
Plaintiffs' prospective, written waivers of their 30-minute meal period for shifts between five and six hours were valid and enforceable. 		Employment Law 2DCA/7 May 22, 2025
Rose v. Hobby Lobby Stores
The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency was not liable for the litigation costs incurred by a prevailing defendant, where the LWDA did not participate in the underlying PAGA litigation. 		Employment Law 1DCA/2 May 16, 2025
Parker v. BNSF Railway Co.
Railroad employee's retaliation claim because his protected activity was an incidental factor for his termination, other factors being gross dishonesty and insubordination. 		Employment Law 9th May 16, 2025
Reyes v. Hi-Grade Materials Co.
Death knell doctrine did not apply to order denying class certification where individual and representative Private Attorneys General Act claims remained pending even when plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the remaining claims. 		Employment Law, Civil Procedure 4DCA/1 May 1, 2025
Williams v. Alacrity Solutions Group
To be a Private Attorneys General Act plaintiff, a private individual must seek to recover civil penalties on their own behalf for that violation and establish that the "individual claim" is timely. 		Employment Law 2DCA/5 Apr. 24, 2025
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