Martinez v. Combs
49 Cal.4th 35 (Cal. 2010) Cited 478 times 45 Legal AnalysesHolding that California's wage and hour laws do not impose liability on "individual corporate agents acting within the scope of their agency"
Reno v. Baird
18 Cal.4th 640 (Cal. 1998) Cited 581 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding that FEHA's provisions regarding employment discrimination applied only to employers, in contrast to provisions regarding harassment which did apply to individuals as well as employers
S.G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Dep't of Indus. Relations
48 Cal.3d 341 (Cal. 1989) Cited 444 times 127 Legal AnalysesHolding that temporary “sharefarmers” were employees entitled to workers' compensation coverage
Laffitte v. Robert Half International Inc.
1 Cal.5th 480 (Cal. 2016) Cited 196 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding "that trial courts have discretion to conduct a lodestar cross-check on a percentage fee"
Caliber Bodyworks, Inc. v. Superior Court
134 Cal.App.4th 365 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005) Cited 203 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding that plaintiffs could not pursue civil penalties for a Section 558 violation without complying with the pre-filing notice and exhaustion requirements of PAGA
Estrada v. Fedex Ground Package System, Inc.
154 Cal.App.4th 1 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007) Cited 166 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that drivers were FedEx's employees in part because “[t]he larger items—trucks and scanners—are obtained from FedEx approved providers, [are] usually financed through FedEx, and [are] repaid through deductions from the drivers' weekly checks”
Baldwin v. Trailer Inns, Inc.
266 F.3d 1104 (9th Cir. 2001) Cited 180 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that employees qualified as exempt even though the employees spent ninety percent of their time on nonexempt tasks due to other relevant factors
Futrell v. Payday California, Inc.
190 Cal.App.4th 1419 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010) Cited 94 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that a payroll company, which handled "ministerial tasks," did not exercise control over wages, hours, or working conditions
Section 201 - Short title
29 U.S.C. § 201 Cited 20,860 times 100 Legal AnalysesSetting fourteen as the minimum age for most non-agricultural work
Section 226 - Itemized statement of wages
Cal. Lab. Code § 226 Cited 2,226 times 117 Legal AnalysesProviding only statutory penalties
Section 201 - Computation and payment of wages upon discharge
Cal. Lab. Code § 201 Cited 1,742 times 20 Legal AnalysesProviding that, "[i]f an employer discharges an employee, the wages earned and unpaid at the time of discharge are due and payable immediately"
Section 1194 - Recovery by employee in civil action regardless of agreement to receive lesser wage
Cal. Lab. Code § 1194 Cited 1,731 times 10 Legal AnalysesAuthorizing 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
Cal. Lab. Code § 510 Cited 1,573 times 29 Legal AnalysesRequiring employers to pay 1.5 times the "regular rate of pay" for overtime
Section 2699 - Civil penalty; civil action by aggrieved employee to recover
Cal. Lab. Code § 2699 Cited 1,288 times 33 Legal AnalysesProviding that "[a]ny employee who prevails in any action" shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees
Section 202 - Congressional finding and declaration of policy
29 U.S.C. § 202 Cited 1,103 times 5 Legal AnalysesFinding that domestic service employees affect commerce
Section 512 - Meal periods
Cal. Lab. Code § 512 Cited 1,129 times 33 Legal AnalysesImposing these same meal break rules for all employees unless otherwise exempted
Section 204 - Payment of wages; frequency
Cal. Lab. Code § 204 Cited 639 times 19 Legal AnalysesRequiring semi-monthly payments within specified dates for work performed within specified dates
Section 218.5 - Award of attorney's fees
Cal. Lab. Code § 218.5 Cited 415 times 12 Legal AnalysesProviding a right of action for unpaid wages