California Court of Appeal

In plaintiffs' putative class action against their employer asserting wage claims, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded where: 1) plaintiff was not entitled to receive "reporting time pay" for attending meetings at work; 2) plaintiff was not owed additional compensation for working "split shifts"; 3) the trial court properly found that the second plaintiff released all claims against the employer; and 4) although the split shift claim is subject to Labor Code section 1194, the reporting time claim is brought to recover unpaid wages and is therefore subject to Labor Code section 218.5, which allows a prevailing defendant to recover attorney fees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2012
• Published 09/20/2012

Judges

• Boren

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel