By now, most California employers have heard of AB 5, which, along with the California Supreme Court decision, Dynamex Operations W. Inc. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal. 5th 903
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New York Federal Judge Strikes Down DOL ‘Joint Employer’ Rule
On Sept. 8, 2020, a New York federal judge struck down substantial portions of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL’s) joint employer final rule, which went into effect March 1,
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DOL Issues Guidance on Wage-and-Hour Obligations as Pandemic Increases Telework
Prompted by telework arrangements that arose in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) issued a Bulletin addressing important
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Impersonators Beware: Claim Preclusion of Copycat PAGA Lawsuits
In August 2020, the California Court of Appeal issued two wins for California employers facing multiple simultaneous representative actions under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA)
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We May Not Have Until January to Sort Out AB5: Update on Dynamex Retroactivity
After the California Second District Court of Appeal’s Oct. 8, 2019, decision in Gonzales v. San Gabriel Transit, Inc., brought as a garden variety wage and hour class action
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Greenberg Traurig’s Mark Kemple Receives National Law Journal’s Employment Law Trailblazer Award
Mark D. Kemple, co-chair of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Labor & Employment Class and Collective Action Practice and leader of the Southern California Labor & Employment
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