by D. Gregory Valenza | | August 29, 2019
Should employers require arbitration of Labor Commissioner / DLSE claims instead of going through the DLSE process? Good question. On the one hand, the DLSE is notoriously employee-friendly, and makes every effort to extract settlements from employers, even when...
by D. Gregory Valenza | | August 21, 2018
As we wrote in our previous post, here, the courts are not fans of appeals of Labor Commissioner decisions. So, when the legislature makes it harder to appeal, the courts are pleased to enforce these laws strictly. The latest example is Burkes v. Robertson, opinion...
by D. Gregory Valenza | | August 13, 2018
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Nishiki v. Danko Meredith, APC (here) contains some good guidance for employers regarding when final pay is due under California Labor Code section 202, when an employee resigns without notice. And the Court held that waiting...
