California Employees Seeking Pay for Time Spent Taking Temperatures

On March 15, 2021, California employees of The Merchant of Tennis, Inc. filed a class action lawsuit for various wage claims including failure to compensate non-exempt employees for undergoing COVID-19 temperature checks at the beginning of each work day

Aaron ChaetCampbell Litigation, P.C.March 25, 2021class action, Wage and Hour, Wage Claims, Waiting TimeComment

Colorado Employers May Cap But Not Take Away Accrued Vacation Pay Under New Rule

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) has finalized a new rule clarifying that companies may cap but not take away employees’ earned, unused vacation pay.

Dan CombsCampbell Litigation, P.C.December 12, 2019Vacation Pay, Vacation Policy, Colorado Wage Claim Act, Wage ClaimsComment

California Employers Must Compensate Employees for Time Spent on Pre- and Post-Shift Tasks

California employers must compensate employees for all regularly occurring but difficult to track, pre-shift and post-shift tasks that take just a few minutes to complete, under a recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision.

Campbell Litigation, P.C.September 20, 2019Wages, Wage Claims, Minimum Wage, overtime, de, De Minimis Rule Comment

Employer’s “Use It Or Lose It” Vacation Pay Policy Upheld by Colorado Court of Appeals

The Colorado Court of Appeals recently held that an employer’s refusal to pay a terminated employee’s accrued but unused vacation time did not violate the Colorado Wage Claim Act (“CWCA”).

Campbell Litigation, P.C.August 15, 2019CWCA, Colorado Wage Act, Wage Claims, Wages Comment

Failure to Pay Wages is Now Criminal Theft in Colorado

Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a law that classifies an employer’s failure to pay wages as “theft,” making it a criminal offense. Under the new law, which takes effect on January 1, 2020, any employer who willfully refuses to pay wages, or intentionally and falsely denies the amount or validity of a wage claim, commits criminal theft….

Tenth Circuit Holds That Employees Need Not Allege Specific Facts of Willfulness to Assert Older Wage Claims Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

This month, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals (which hears appeals from federal courts in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming) reinstated wage claims of two house cleaners under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and rejected the argument that such claims were time-barred because they were more than two years old.

Campbell Litigation, P.C.March 22, 2018FLSA, tenth circuit, Wage ClaimsComment

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