Seyfarth Shaw LLP | www.seyfarth.com Litigating CA Wage & Hour Class and PAGA Actions (24th Edition) iii IX. Waiting Time Penalties............................................................................................. 67 A. Generally ....................................................................................................................67 B. Application to Fixed-Term and Temporary Employment ............................................69 1. Assignments for a Fixed Term......................................................................69 2. Temporary Employment Agencies ...............................................................70 X. Itemized Wage Statement Claims............................................................................ 73 A. Labor Code Section 226 .............................................................................................73 B. Purpose Of The Wage Statement Statute ..................................................................74 C. The Supreme Court Approves Of Derivative Wage Statement Claims Based On Unpaid Meal And Rest Premiums..................................................74 D. Paid Sick Leave Must Be Recorded On Wage Statements........................................75 E. Accrued Vacation Time Need Not Be Recorded ........................................................75 F. Wage Statement Penalties .........................................................................................75 G. The “Injury” Requirement For Wage Statement Penalties Is Weakened ..................................................................................................................76 H. The Requirement That Violations Be “Knowing And Intentional” .................................................................................................................. 77 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 ....................................................88 F. Computer Bootup Time is Compensable Under FLSA ...............................................90 G. Compensability of Call-In Time for Standby Shifts .....................................................91 H. Reasonable Attorney’s Fees And Costs Must Be Awarded To A Prevailing Plaintiff In Unpaid Wage Cases..............................................................92 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
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