©2023 Seyfarth Shaw LLP www.seyfarth.com 2023 Cal-Peculiarities | v 5.18 Employer’s Attorney-Client Privilege ................................................................................................ 131 5.19 Limits to Protection for Attorney Work Product ................................................................................ 131 5.20 Employer’s Obligation to Withhold Taxes Due on Damages Judgment .......................................... 132 5.21 Can Employees Seeking Unpaid Wages Bring Tort Claims? .......................................................... 132 6. Employment Discrimination Legislation and Litigation........................................... 155 6.1 Comparing California Antidiscrimination Law with Federal Statutes................................................ 155 6.2 Additional Protected Bases .............................................................................................................. 157 6.3 Special Rules for Disability Discrimination ....................................................................................... 158 6.4 Special Rules for Age Discrimination ............................................................................................... 163 6.5 Special Rules for Discriminatory Workplace Harassment................................................................ 164 6.6 Special Rules Relating to National Origin ........................................................................................ 172 6.7 Equal Pay ......................................................................................................................................... 174 6.8 Pant Suits ......................................................................................................................................... 177 6.9 Special Rules for Gender, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression .............................................. 178 6.10 Special Rules for Religious Accommodation ................................................................................... 178 6.11 Special Rules for Retaliation ............................................................................................................ 179 6.12 Special Rules for No-nepotism Policies ........................................................................................... 181 6.13 Difficulty in Obtaining Defendant’s Attorney Fees and Even Costs ................................................. 182 6.14 No Meaningful Duty to Exhaust Administrative Remedies............................................................... 183 6.15 Use of the Unfair Competition Law to Sue for Discrimination .......................................................... 183 6.16 Disregard of Federal Evidentiary Doctrines ..................................................................................... 184 7. Wage and Hour Laws .................................................................................................. 197 7.1 Requirements Imposed by IWC Wage Orders ................................................................................. 198 7.2 Minimum Wages............................................................................................................................... 201 7.3 Pay For Hours Worked ..................................................................................................................... 204 7.4 Computing Wages Owed ................................................................................................................. 208 7.5 Wage Payment Rules....................................................................................................................... 212 7.6 “White Collar” Exemptions from Wage Requirements ..................................................................... 216 7.7 Other Exemptions............................................................................................................................. 219 7.8 Meal Periods..................................................................................................................................... 224 7.9 Rest and Recovery Breaks............................................................................................................... 228 7.10 The “One Additional Hour of Pay” .................................................................................................... 232 7.11 Suitable Seats and Comfortable Temperatures ............................................................................... 234 7.12 Restrictions on Having Employees Pay for Costs of Business ........................................................ 236 7.13 Indemnification of Employee Expenses ........................................................................................... 238 7.14 Payment by Piece-Rate.................................................................................................................... 241 7.15 Payment of Commissions................................................................................................................. 242 7.16 Bonuses............................................................................................................................................ 244 7.17 Hazard Pay ....................................................................................................................................... 247 7.18 Tips ................................................................................................................................................... 250 7.19 Vacation Pay .................................................................................................................................... 250 7.20 Personal Liability for Wage and Hour Violations .............................................................................. 254 7.21 Broadened Definition of Employer?.................................................................................................. 256 7.22 Restrictions on Scheduling and Work Quotas.................................................................................. 259 7.23 Worker Retention and Staffing Requirements.................................................................................. 261
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