Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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22-55634
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Bafford v. Administrative Committee of the Northrop Grumman Pension Plan
An ERISA plan administrator's duty to provide pension benefit statements is not met if the provided statements are substantially inaccurate. |
Employment Law, Civil Procedure |
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M. Christen | May 10, 2024 |
S279397
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Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc.
Employers are not subject to civil penalties for failure to comply with wage statement requirements when they had a reasonable good faith belief they complied with Labor Code Section 226. |
Employment Law, Remedies |
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L. Kruger | May 7, 2024 |
C097235
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LaMarr v. The Regents of the University of California
Because intent to terminate was never issued and employer's demotion was voluntary, substantial evidence supported that employee was not entitled to *Skelly* hearing. |
Employment Law |
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R. Robie | Apr. 25, 2024 |
B328425
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Mondragon v. Sunrun Inc.
Former employee may continue his individual PAGA claims in court when circumstances surrounding arbitration agreement did not evidence parties' clear intent for arbitrator to decide arbitrability issues. |
Arbitration, Employment Law |
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J. Segal | Apr. 24, 2024 |
S277120
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Ruelas v. County of Alameda
Nonconvicted incarcerated individuals providing labor for a for-profit private company to supply meals within a county jail do not have a claim for minimum and overtime wages. |
Prisoners' Rights, Employment Law |
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K. Evans | Apr. 23, 2024 |
B326759
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Balderas v. Fresh Start Harvesting, Inc.
Aggrieved employee had standing to bring a Private Attorneys General Act claim despite not having filed an individual action against employer. |
Employment Law |
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A. Gilbert | Apr. 22, 2024 |
A165372
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Shah v. Skillz Inc.
Calculating stock options damages for breach of contract was not limited to the difference between the stock options' exercise price and the value of the stock at employee's termination. |
Employment Law |
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D. Chou | Apr. 10, 2024 |
A167098
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Silva v. Medic Ambulance Service, Inc.
Emergency Ambulance Employee Safety and Preparedness Act's requirements regarding work shifts applied retroactively to ambulance worker's class action. |
Employment Law |
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M. Langhorne Wilson | Apr. 8, 2024 |
B322697
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Gramajo v. Joe's Pizza on Sunset, Inc.
Pizza delivery driver was entitled to attorney's fees and costs because Labor Code Section 1194(a) was more specific and more recently enacted than Code of Civil Procedure Section 1033(a). |
Employment Law |
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V. Viramontes | Mar. 27, 2024 |
S275431
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Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors
Time spent traveling between security gates and parking lots is compensable as "employer-mandated travel" under Wage Order No. 16 if the gate is the first place his presence is required. |
Employment Law |
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G. Liu | Mar. 26, 2024 |
G061425
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Neeble-Diamond v. Hotel California By the Sea, LLC
In Fair Employment and Housing Act case, trial court erred in awarding costs based solely on defendant's cost memorandum without a motion to award discretionary costs. |
Employment Law |
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T. Goethals | Feb. 7, 2024 |
22-15959
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Daramola v. Oracle America, Inc.
Whistleblower anti-retaliation provisions in the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts do not apply to employment relationships outside the U.S. |
Employment Law |
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P. Curiam (9th Cir.) | Feb. 7, 2024 |
B325277
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Ventura County Employees' Retirement Association v. Criminal Justice Attorneys Association of Ventura County
Ventura County Employees' Retirement Association's resolution excluding compensation for accrued but unused annual leave comported with the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act's purpose of reducing pension spiking. |
Employment Law |
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H. Baltodano | Jan. 22, 2024 |
S274340
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Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc.
Trial courts do not have inherent authority to completely dismiss Private Attorneys General Act claims due to manageability concerns. |
Employment Law |
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P. Guerrero | Jan. 19, 2024 |
22-55731
|
Dominguez v. Better Mortgage Corp.
Court order limiting employer's communications with potential plaintiffs in collective employment action was appropriate given findings that the employer's prior communications regarding the suit had been coercive and misleading. |
Employment Law |
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D. Hamilton | Dec. 8, 2023 |
G062736
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Beltran v. Hard Rock Hotel Licensing, Inc.
Trial court erred in using outdated standards to grant summary judgment on Fair Employment and Housing Act sexual harassment claim. |
Employment Law |
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Dec. 7, 2023 | |
B317161
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Arce v. The Ensign Group, Inc.
Although her last shift was just over a year prior to filing, employee's Private Attorneys General Act claim was within the limitations period because failure to pay premiums on termination is a Labor Code violation. |
Employment Law |
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L. Rubin | Oct. 23, 2023 |
A165320
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Modification: Accurso v. In-N-Out Burgers
To meet intervention threshold requirements, non-party Private Attorneys General Act claimants may have a "significantly protectable" interest, even though the state is the real party in interest. |
Employment Law |
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J. Streeter | Sep. 27, 2023 |
22-55276
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Harstein v. Hyatt Corp.
Hyatt's temporary furlough of hotel workers due to COVID-19 constituted a "discharge" that required immediate payment of earned wages. |
Employment Law |
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A. Tashima | Sep. 25, 2023 |
A163920
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LaCour v. Marshalls of California
Private Attorneys General Act claim was timely under Emergency Rule 9, which extended the statute of limitations due to COVID-19. |
Employment Law |
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J. Streeter | Aug. 31, 2023 |
B320588
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Krug v. Board of Trustees of the California State Univ.
State university was exempt from statute requiring employers reimburse employees' necessary business expenses because it was a government agency, and applying the statute would infringe its sovereign governmental powers. |
Employment Law |
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V. Chaney | Aug. 31, 2023 |
A165320
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Accurso v. In-N-Out Burgers
To meet intervention threshold requirements, non-party Private Attorneys General Act claimants may have a "significantly protectable" interest, even though the state is the real party in interest. |
Employment Law |
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J. Streeter | Aug. 31, 2023 |
20-17363
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Wit v. United Behavioral Health
Plaintiffs, beneficiaries of ERISA-governed health plans, had Article III standing to bring breach of fiduciary duty and improper denial of benefits claims under ERISA against the claims administrator. |
Employment Law |
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M. Anello | Aug. 23, 2023 |
21-56196
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Bugielski v. AT&T Services, Inc.
Summary judgment was not appropriate where contract amendment between retirement plan administrator and recordkeeper satisfied the definition of a prohibited transaction under ERISA. |
Employment Law |
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B. Bade | Aug. 7, 2023 |
B318842
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Earley v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Bd.
The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's long-standing practice of granting petitions for reconsideration solely for further study violated the clear statutory requirement to state the reasons for granting in detail. |
Employment Law |
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J. Wiley | Aug. 3, 2023 |
22-55254
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Persian Broadcast Service Global, Inc. v. Walsh
Termination of E-3 visa did not end company's obligation to pay wages or constitute an exception to the Labor Condition Application. |
Employment Law |
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L. VanDyke | Aug. 2, 2023 |
E072704
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Woodworth v. Loma Linda University Medical Center
In agreement with *Camp v. Home Depot*, an employer cannot apply a rounding policy if it has captured the exact amount of time an employee has worked. |
Employment Law |
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F. Menetrez | Jul. 26, 2023 |
21-15802
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Crowe v. Wormuth
Merit Systems Protection Board's jurisdiction over an adverse employment action does not confer pendent jurisdiction over factually related claims that, on their own, would not be appealable to the MSPB. |
Employment Law |
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D. Bress | Jul. 26, 2023 |
B317334
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Zirpel v. Alki David Productions Inc.
Trial court did not commit legal error in finding that requiring employee's continued work in building that was unpermitted for event use was an activity that violated regulations. |
Employment Law |
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H. Zukin | Jul. 18, 2023 |
S274671
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Adolph v. Uber Technologies Inc.
Private Attorneys General Act plaintiffs do not lose standing to litigate non-individual claims in court when plaintiffs' individual claims are subject to arbitration. |
Employment Law |
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G. Liu | Jul. 18, 2023 |