by D. Gregory Valenza | Feb 14, 2020
When employees finish work, they typically punch out and head for the exit. But what if those employees have to show a supervisor or security agent their personal belongings, to ensure they are not in possession of company merchandise? That delay could be several...
by D. Gregory Valenza | Feb 4, 2019
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Furry v. East Bay Publishing , LLC (opinion here) covers two important wage and hour issues: time records, and meal period liability. Terry Furry was employed as an advertising salesperson, and then “marketing...
by D. Gregory Valenza | Apr 27, 2018
As discussed here, and here, the California Supreme Court held in Alvarado v. Dart Container Corp. of Cal. (original opinion here) that a flat-sum bonus for attendance on certain days is included in the regular rate of pay, and that regular rate is calculated by...
by D. Gregory Valenza | Mar 7, 2018
A colleague wrote re my post about Alvarado v. Dart Container Corp. (Original post here). I know, I was surprised someone read it, too. Anyway, she identified a pretty glaring error in the analysis. Before you point and laugh, the error wasn’t mine, but rather...
by D. Gregory Valenza | Mar 6, 2018
The “regular rate” of pay is a wage-hour concept that employers must understand to calculate overtime properly. Failing to calculate correctly the regular rate can result in overpayment or underpayment of overtime pay. In the latter case, multitudes of...
