Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services was a class action brought by employees alleging meal period violations. They sought premium wages for violations, waiting time, failure to provide accurate wage statements. California Court of Appeal deemed these not wages, nothing owed
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Update February 10, 2021: This blog has been updated to reflect current guidance about California meal and rest break laws.
On September 26, 2019, California’s Second District Court of Appeals in
Gustavo Naranjo, et al. v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc. held that unpaid premium wages for meal break violations do not entitle employees to additional remedies under the California Labor Code for inaccurate wage statements or waiting time penalties.
By limiting employees’ ability to bring derivative inaccurate wage statement and unpaid wage claims, the decision immediately decreases employers’ overall exposure for Labor Code penalties, class counsel’s attorneys’ fees, and civil penalties under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
While the California courts were relatively quiet during 2020, the California Supreme Court has a few heavy-hitting employment cases pending for 2021.
Here are the cases employers should be watching in the new year and why.
Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC
AMN Services (“AMN”) used a computer-based timekeeping system, which required employees such as Plaintiff to click on an icon to open the program each day and would “punch in and out” for the start of the day, meal periods, and end of the day. The timekeeping system recorded employee’s time in 10-minute increments. AMN then rounded this time to the nearest hundredth.