20 Cited authorities

Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.
328 U.S. 680 (1946) Cited 2,578 times 58 Legal Analyses
Holding that, where employer's records are inadequate, "an employee has carried out his burden if he proves that he has in fact performed work for which he was improperly compensated and if he produces sufficient evidence to show the amount and extent of that work as a matter of just and reasonable inference."
Martinez v. Combs
49 Cal.4th 35 (Cal. 2010) Cited 478 times 45 Legal Analyses
Holding that California's wage and hour laws do not impose liability on "individual corporate agents acting within the scope of their agency"
Ramirez v. Yosemite Water Co.
20 Cal.4th 785 (Cal. 1999) Cited 340 times 17 Legal Analyses
Holding that when a court evaluates if an employee was primarily engaged in exempt duties for purposes of the administrative exemption to overtime pay, it must consider "how the employee actually spends his or her time" and also "whether the employee's practice diverges from the employer's realistic expectations"
Morillion v. Royal Packing
22 Cal.4th 575 (Cal. 2000) Cited 331 times 29 Legal Analyses
Holding that compulsory travel time on bus from departure point to work site is compensable
Bickel v. City of Piedmont
16 Cal.4th 1040 (Cal. 1997) Cited 341 times
In Bickel, the California Supreme Court held that an applicant could waive its right to deemed approval by cooperating with a lead agency's lengthy processing of its application.
Lindow v. United States
738 F.2d 1057 (9th Cir. 1984) Cited 266 times 15 Legal Analyses
Holding that, because of, inter alia, the administrative difficulty in deciphering the amount of time spent on compensable rather than social activities, seven to eight minutes per day spent by employees reading a log book and exchanging information was de minimis
Armenta v. Osmose, Inc.
135 Cal.App.4th 314 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005) Cited 136 times 17 Legal Analyses
Holding employees were entitled to at least a minimum hourly wage for uncompensated time spent traveling, loading equipment and supplies, doing paperwork, and maintaining company vehicles
Mendiola v. CPS Sec. Sols., Inc.
60 Cal.4th 833 (Cal. 2015) Cited 73 times 14 Legal Analyses
Finding that employer restrictions on "nonemployee visitors, pets, and alcohol use" were relevant to determining control
Corbin v. Time Warner Entm't Advance/Newhouse P'ship
821 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir. 2016) Cited 70 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that the FLSA requires rounding policies to be both facially neutral and neutral in application
Moore v. California State Bd. of Accountancy
2 Cal.4th 999 (Cal. 1992) Cited 86 times
Holding unlicensed accountants cannot hold themselves out to the public as "accountants"

TROESTER v. STARBUCKS CORPORATION

20 Cited authorities

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

Holding that compulsory travel time on bus from departure point to work site is compensable

In Bickel, the California Supreme Court held that an applicant could waive its right to deemed approval by cooperating with a lead agency's lengthy processing of its application.

Holding that, because of, inter alia, the administrative difficulty in deciphering the amount of time spent on compensable rather than social activities, seven to eight minutes per day spent by employees reading a log book and exchanging information was de minimis

Holding employees were entitled to at least a minimum hourly wage for uncompensated time spent traveling, loading equipment and supplies, doing paperwork, and maintaining company vehicles

Finding that employer restrictions on "nonemployee visitors, pets, and alcohol use" were relevant to determining control

Holding that the FLSA requires rounding policies to be both facially neutral and neutral in application

Holding unlicensed accountants cannot hold themselves out to the public as "accountants"