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Adolph v. Uber: Sending Individual PAGA Claims to Arbitration Does Not Affect Plaintiffs’ Standing to Pursue a Representative PAGA Claim

by Katie E. Briscoe, Andrew R. Livingston, Lisa M. Bowman and Amanda MacDonald
3 minute read | July.20.2023

This ruling breaks from the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Morian.

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Catching Up with the Times: DOL Issues Final Rule Simplifying Retail Exemption Under the FLSA

by Andrew R. Livingston and Nicholas J. Horton
June.03.2020

As we recently reported, the DOL promulgated three new final rules regarding wage and hour issues last month.

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California Mandates Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Food Sector Workers

by Andrew R. Livingston and Annie Prasad Vadillo
April.28.2020

Earlier this month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-51-20, mandating that certain “hiring entities” provide supplemental ...

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Are Your Retail Workers Ready to Return to Work? OSHA Releases New Guidance

by Andrew R. Livingston and Jillian Victoria Wagner
April.28.2020

Although COVID-19 continues to disrupt the daily lives of American workers, employers are beginning to plan for a possible return to work.

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Los Angeles Mayor Issues Emergency Order Establishing COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

by James McQuade and Andrew R. Livingston
April.10.2020

On April 7, 2020, Mayor Eric Garcetti issued an emergency order providing supplemental paid sick leave to certain employees working within the City ...

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COVID-19 Update: Department of Labor Issues Further FFCRA Guidance

by Andrew R. Livingston
1 minute read | March.27.2020

On Thursday March 26, the Department of Labor issued additional guidance about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”).

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New Guidance for Joint Employers: The Department of Labor’s Final Rule Under the FLSA

by Andrew R. Livingston and Kayla Delgado Grundy
3 minute read | February.17.2020

On January 12, 2020, the Department of Labor announced a final rule to revise and update its regulations to assist in determining joint employer ...

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New Year’s Resolutions: Cases To Watch For California Employers in 2020

by Andrew R. Livingston
5 minute read | January.21.2020

With the new year comes the likelihood that the U.S. Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit will issue a number of ...

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California's New Independent Contractor Law

by Julie Totten, Julia C. Riechert and Andrew R. Livingston
October.03.2019

California’s new independent contractor law (AB5) creates a challenging three-prong test with complicated exemptions and minimal guidance.

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Deadline Looms for Revised EEO-1 Forms: What Employers Need to Know

by Andrew R. Livingston, Lisa Lupion and Jessica R. L. James
3 minute read | September.11.2019

The EEOC’s revised pay-data collection rule is back in force and the September 30, 2019 deadline is at our doorstep. Here is a quick overview of what ...

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What We May See from the California Supreme Court in 2019

by Andrew R. Livingston
3 minute read | January.09.2019

2018 saw some major developments in employment law, particularly in California.

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Easy—Or Challenging—as ABC? California Supreme Court Rewrites Independent Contractor Test for Wage Order Claims

by Julie Totten, Andrew R. Livingston, Julia C. Riechert, Kathryn G. Mantoan and Annie H Chen
4 minute read | May.09.2018

On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles.