California’s wage and hour statutes and regulations have not adopted the de minimis doctrine found in the FLSA. Where an employer requires an employee to work “off the clock” several minutes per shift, the de minimis principle does not apply.
Cases of Interest
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Based on the special relationship doctrine, colleges owe students a duty of care to protect from “foreseeable violence during curricular activities”
The trial court’s order denying plaintiff’s motion for enforcement of a written settlement under Code Civ. Proc., § 664.6, was void where trial court lacked jurisdiction to entertain motion, as parties failed to request, before dismissal, that trial court retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement, or alternatively seek to set aside the dismissals.
Petition granted where court must look to whether brief tenure of attorney at plaintiff firm merits disqualification where he previously represented defendants.
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A defendant who is not a party to a contract or a party’s agent is liable for interfering with the contract even if the contract contemplated the defendant’s performance of a different agreement with one of the parties.