Seyfarth Shaw LLP | www.seyfarth.com Litigating CA Wage & Hour Class and PAGA Actions (23rd Edition) iii 1. Assignments for a Fixed Term ..................................................................67 2. Temporary Employment Agencies ............................................................68 X. Itemized Wage Statement Claims.................................................................................71 A. Labor Code Section 226.........................................................................................71 B. Purpose Of The Wage Statement Statute...............................................................72 C. The Supreme Court Approves Of Derivative Wage Statement Claims Based On Unpaid Meal And Rest Premiums...............................................73 D. Paid Sick Leave Must Be Recorded On Wage Statements......................................73 E. Accrued Vacation Time Need Not Be Recorded......................................................74 F. Wage Statement Penalties.....................................................................................74 G. The “Injury” Requirement For Wage Statement Penalties Is Weakened ............................................................................................................. 75 H. The Requirement That Violations Be “Knowing And Intentional”............................................................................................................. 76 XI. California Minimum Wage Claims ................................................................................79 A. Wage Averaging Improper Under California Law ....................................................79 B. The Conflict Between Piece-Rate Formulas and the Requirement to Pay Minimum Wage ......................................................................82 C. Neutral Time-Rounding Practices: Federal Law vs. California Law .......................................................................................................................84 D. Compensability of Time Spent in Security Checks ..................................................86 E. California’s Application of the De Minimis Doctrine.................................................. 87 F. Computer Bootup Time is Compensable Under FLSA.............................................89 G. Compensability of Call-In Time for Standby Shifts...................................................90 XII. Regular Rate of Pay........................................................................................................93 A. What is Included (and Excluded) ............................................................................93 1. Discretionary Versus Non-Discretionary Bonuses......................................94 2. Percentage-of-Earnings Payments............................................................94 B. Calculating the Regular Rate..................................................................................94 1. Hourly Rates and Shift Differentials...........................................................95 2. Commissions and Production-Based Incentives........................................95 3. Salary ......................................................................................................95 4. Flat-Sum Bonuses....................................................................................96 XIII. California Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act ..............................................97
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