Seyfarth Synopsis: A federal district court held that “boot-up” and “shut-down” time in a call-center environment is de minimis and therefore not compensable.
The California legislature had another busy year passing employment regulations ranging from protecting employee leaves of absence to extending statutes of limitations.
Summary - Where an employer can and does track the exact time in minutes that its employees work each shift, and those records show that employees were not paid for all t.
As it turns out, yes, people do care about time. Two recent court cases highlight some of the risks for employers when pay and timekeeping practices don’t comport with wage and hour.
For some employees, getting their work computer up, running, and ready to perform each day is a complicated and time-consuming process. When should an employer pay for that daily.