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• Supremes Clarify Portal-to-Portal Act? ( December 2005 )
  Charles J. Mataya of Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC

  In a recent opinion, IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez, the Supreme Court has finally provided employers with a "bright-line" test for use in deciding when activities performed by employees constitute compensable time under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). Not really. Instead, the Court has again applied a law intended to provide a bright-line test for employers, in a manner that does anything but provide that test.

• California Employers Awaiting Significant Changes To Rules On Meal Periods & Rest Periods ( March 2005 )
  Tony R. Skogen of Littler Mendelson, P.C.

  The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) proposed a new meal and rest period regulation on December 20, 2004. This proposal was filed under the regular rule-making process of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The text of this proposal can be found at www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/mrpregs.htm.

• Changes In California's Overtime Laws Benefit Employees ( October 2000 )
  Gayle L. Eskridge of Eskridge Law

  In July, Gov. Gray Davis signed AB60, the "Eight-Hour Day Restoration and Workplace Flexibility Act of 1999," into .

• California Labor Law in the Year 2000 ( December 1999 )
  Greg S. Labate of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP

  This article summarizes several significant laws that go into effect during the Year 2000.

• Los Angeles Labor & Employment Alert: The New Millennium Means The Return of Daily Overtime ( July 1999 )
  Sidley Austin LLP

  Provided is a detailed analysis of AB60 (effective January 1, 2000), which provides that hours worked in excess of eight hours in one workday must be paid for at time and one-half the employee's regular rate of pay.

• California Assembly Bill AB 60 ( January 1997 )
  R. Brian Dixon of Littler Mendelson, P.C.

  This article covers the effects of AB 60 on IWC Wage Orders.

• California Restores Daily Overtime Requirement ( July 1999 )
  Songstad & Randall

  On July 20, 1999, Governor Gray Davis signed a new law restoring the daily overtime requirement for California.

• Fatigue: A Continuing Problem in the Railroad Industry ( June 1999 )
  Mark John Odegard of Yaeger, Jungbauer & Barczak, PLC

  Our economy runs twenty-four hours a day. Businesses operate round- the-clock to keep up with and gain on competito.