October 24, 2024
A California federal judge considering class certification for nearly 1,300 Chili's employees, who are accusing the owner of their restaurants of not providing meal breaks, said Thursday that individualized questions about whether workers were coerced into asserting they voluntarily skipped their break could doom their bid.
October 18, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit in which Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are each seeking to undo a major National Labor Relations Board decision regarding union representation. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
August 30, 2023
A California federal judge sent to arbitration a Chili's Grill & Bar server's claims that the restaurant company did not provide her with meal and rest periods or pay hourly and overtime wages, ruling that the arbitration policy she probably signed was valid.
May 27, 2022
In the coming week, a California federal court is set to rule on whether Jan-Pro Franchising International misclassified cleaning workers as independent contractors, in a long-running suit that went to the Ninth Circuit. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in the Golden State.