Gustafson v. Alloyd Co.

Holding that § 12 does not apply to secondary market transactions as the statute's inclusion of the term “prospectus” evinces an intent to limit the Sections's scope solely to the initial public offering

Aubry v. Tri-City Hospital Dist.

In Aubry, supra, 42 Cal.App.4th 579 at pages 587 through 588, 49 Cal.Rptr.2d 703, the court, citing language from Labor Council, held the Regents were not required to pay private contractors the prevailing wage under section 1770 et seq., which applies to public works, for the construction of student and staff housing.

Martinez v. Combs

Holding that California's wage and hour laws do not impose liability on "individual corporate agents acting within the scope of their agency"

Murphy v. Kenneth Cole Productions Inc.

Holding that California Labor Code claims have a three-year statute of limitations

Cortez v. Purolator Air Filtration Products Co.

Holding restitution is "the return of the excess of what the plaintiff gave the defendant over the value of what the plaintiff received"

Serrano v. Priest

Holding that denying benefits of the private attorney general rule to funded public-interest attorneys would be essentially inconsistent with the rule itself

Gentry v. Superior Court

Holding that an employee's signature on receipt of "issue resolution package," which included a 30-day opt-out provision of arbitration agreement, "reasonably led" his employer to believe "that his failure to opt out constituted acceptance of the arbitration agreement"

Evangelatos v. Superior Court

Holding that a measure, which modified the traditional, common law joint and several liability doctrine, did not apply to claims for relief that had accrued before the effective date of the new law

Amaral v. Cintas Corp.

Holding that employees working on public works projects had a private right of action under the California living wage ordinance

Mejia v. Reed

Holding that under Cal. Civ. Code § 3439.04, a transfer can be fraudulent "both as to present and future creditors"

Section 207 - Maximum hours

Establishing overtime rules

Section 1194 - Recovery by employee in civil action regardless of agreement to receive lesser wage

Authorizing an employee receiving less than the legal overtime compensation to recover the unpaid balance, interest, attorney's fees, and costs of suit in a civil action

Section 510 - Eight hour workday; compensation for overtime

Requiring employers to pay 1.5 times the "regular rate of pay" for overtime

Section 512 - Meal periods

Imposing these same meal break rules for all employees unless otherwise exempted

Section 218.5 - Award of attorney's fees

Providing a right of action for unpaid wages

Section 200 - Definitions

Applying this definition to "this article," meaning Cal. Lab. Code §§ 200 – 244

Section 227.3 - Payment for vested vacation time

Requiring payment of vested vacation wages upon termination

Section 98.2 - Review

Providing that "[t]he Labor Commissioner shall file, within 10 days of the order becoming final pursuant to subdivision (d), a certified copy of the final order with the clerk of the superior court of the appropriate county unless a settlement has been reached by the parties and approved by the Labor Commissioner"

Section 516 - Adoption or amendment of working condition orders regarding break and meal periods and days of rest

Section 90.5 - Employment conditions; field enforcement unit

Section 11000 - Order Regulating the Minimum Wage

Raising California's minimum wage to $6.25 per hour in 2001, and to $6.75 per hour, effective January 1, 2002