ii Litigating CA Wage & Hour Class and PAGA Actions (23rd Edition) Seyfarth Shaw LLP | www.seyfarth.com IV. Unlawful Deductions from Wages................................................................................27 A. Generally ............................................................................................................... 27 B. Bonus Plan “Deductions”........................................................................................28 C. Unlawful Commission Chargebacks .......................................................................29 1. Nature of the Violation ..............................................................................29 2. Steinhebel Approves Certain Chargeback Plans .......................................30 3. Further Development of the Law Since Steinhebel ................................................................................................ 31 V. Reimbursement of Employee Expenses .....................................................................35 A. The Duty to Reimburse Expenses Under Labor Code Section 2802......................................................................................................................35 B. Reimbursement for Uniforms Under the Wage Orders............................................39 VI. Meal and R est Period Claims ........................................................................................41 A. Nature of Claims ....................................................................................................41 1. Employers Must “Provide” Meal Periods....................................................41 2. Employers Must “Authorize and Permit” Rest Periods ....................................................................................................42 3. Meal and Rest Period Premium Pay .........................................................43 B. Debate Over Whether One-Hour Payment Is a “Penalty” ........................................45 C. Meaning of “Provide” a Meal Period........................................................................46 D. Limits on IWC’s Power to Alter Labor Code Meal Period Rules.....................................................................................................................49 VII. Tip-Pooling.......................................................................................................................53 A. Actions Alleging Tips Were Diverted to Co-Workers Who Did Not Earn Them ......................................................................................................53 B. Actions Alleging “Agents” of Management Wrongfully Took Tips ....................................................................................................................... 55 C. Timing of Payment Of Tips To Employees..............................................................56 D. The Future of Tip-Pooling Cases Under California Law...........................................56 E. Service Charges .................................................................................................... 57 VIII. Vacation/Paid Time Off Forfeitur e................................................................................61 IX. Waiting Time Penalties ..................................................................................................65 A. Generally ............................................................................................................... 65 B. Application to Fixed-Term and Temporary Employment..........................................67
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