California Court of Appeal

In an employment matter concerning the the lawfulness of defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation's formula for computing overtime compensation on semi-annual bonuses paid to hourly employees, trial court determination that defendant's bonus overtime formula for the class of employees who qualify for the maximum base bonus (plaintiffs) violated state law is reversed where defendant's formula violated neither California nor federal law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/23/2008
• Published 12/23/2008

Judges

• MARCHIANO, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Office of Daniel U. Smith and Daniel U. Smith, Kentfield, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Schneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky, Todd M. Schneider, Joshua Konecky and W.H. Willson, IV, San Francisco, for Plaintiffs and Appellants and for Plaintiffs and Respondents., Seyfarth Shaw, Kenwood C. Youmans, David D. Kadue, Aaron R. Lubeley, Los Angeles, and Daniel J. Fazio, for Defendant and Appellant.