Update: In April we reported on a California appellate court decision, Gonzales v. Downtown LA Motors, which held that an employer paying on a piece-rate basis must pay a separate “hourly” rate for time spent waiting between compensable piece-rate tasks. The California Supreme Court recently denied review in Gonzalez v. Downtown LA Motors. If you are wondering what
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California Courts: a Piece of Work?
If you are employing piece-rate employees who don’t get paid for downtime, California Courts have just given you a piece of their minds.
In Gonzalez v. Downtown LA Motors, a group of car repair technicians who were paid on a piece-rate basis brought a class action to recover unpaid minimum wages for the time they spent waiting between repairs.
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