In a recent California case, Donohue v. AMN Servs., the plaintiff sued her employer, a staffing company, for unpaid wages. AMN Servs. used a computer-based timekeeping system, which would round the employee’s punch-in and punch-out time to the nearest ten-minute increment. The California Court of Appeal held that, under California law, an employer could round …
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New California case #Townleyv.BJsRestaurants, holds employers are not required to reimburse employees for the cost of slip- resistant shoes as “#necessaryexpenditures” under #LaborCode2802.
A recent California case, Townley v. BJ’s Restaurants, decided the issue of whether employers are required to reimburse employees for the cost of slip-resistant shoes as “necessary expenditures” under Labor Code section 2802. Townley, a server at BJ’s, sued her employer on behalf of herself and other aggrieved employees because it had a safety policy …