Cal-Peculiarities: How California Employment Law is Different 2022 Edition

©2022 Seyfarth Shaw LLP  www.seyfarth.com 2022 Cal-Peculiarities | v 6. Employment Discrimination Legislation and Litigation........................................... 153 6.1 Comparing California Antidiscrimination Law with Federal Statutes................................................ 153 6.2 Additional Protected Bases .............................................................................................................. 155 6.3 Special Rules for Disability Discrimination ....................................................................................... 156 6.4 Special Rules for Age Discrimination ............................................................................................... 161 6.5 Special Rules for Discriminatory Workplace Harassment................................................................ 162 6.6 Special Rules Relating to National Origin ........................................................................................ 170 6.7 Equal Pay ......................................................................................................................................... 172 6.8 Pant Suits ......................................................................................................................................... 174 6.9 Special Rules for Gender, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression .............................................. 174 6.10 Special Rules for Religious Accommodation ................................................................................... 175 6.11 Special Rules for Retaliation ............................................................................................................ 176 6.12 Special Rules for No-nepotism Policies ........................................................................................... 178 6.13 Difficulty in Obtaining Defendant’s Attorney Fees and Even Costs ................................................. 178 6.14 No Meaningful Duty to Exhaust Administrative Remedies............................................................... 179 6.15 Use of the Unfair Competition Law to Sue for Discrimination .......................................................... 180 6.16 Disregard of Federal Evidentiary Doctrines ..................................................................................... 180 7. Wage and Hour Laws .................................................................................................. 193 7.1 Requirements Imposed by IWC Wage Orders ................................................................................. 194 7.2 Minimum Wages............................................................................................................................... 197 7.3 Pay For Hours Worked ..................................................................................................................... 200 7.4 Computing Wages Owed ................................................................................................................. 204 7.5 Wage Payment Rules....................................................................................................................... 207 7.6 “White Collar” Exemptions from Wage Requirements ..................................................................... 211 7.7 Other Exemptions............................................................................................................................. 214 7.8 Meal Periods..................................................................................................................................... 219 7.9 Rest and Recovery Breaks............................................................................................................... 223 7.10 The “One Additional Hour of Pay” .................................................................................................... 227 7.11 Suitable Seats and Comfortable Temperatures ............................................................................... 229 7.12 Restrictions on Having Employees Pay for Costs of Business ........................................................ 231 7.13 Indemnification of Employee Expenses ........................................................................................... 233 7.14 Payment by Piece-Rate.................................................................................................................... 235 7.15 Payment of Commissions................................................................................................................. 236 7.16 Bonuses............................................................................................................................................ 238 7.17 Hazard Pay....................................................................................................................................... 242 7.18 Tips ................................................................................................................................................... 244 7.19 Vacation Pay .................................................................................................................................... 245 7.20 Personal Liability for Wage and Hour Violations .............................................................................. 248 7.21 Broadened Definition of Employer?.................................................................................................. 250 7.22 Restrictions on Scheduling and Work Quotas.................................................................................. 253 7.23 Worker Retention and Staffing Requirements.................................................................................. 255 7.24 How Does California Law Affect Multi-State Employees?................................................................ 258 7.25 Civil Penalties ................................................................................................................................... 261 7.26 Criminal Penalties............................................................................................................................. 289 8. Employee Benefits ...................................................................................................... 311 8.1 Domestic Partners ............................................................................................................................ 311