Wage Law

As we expected, last month the Supreme Court granted review of the unpublished opinion in Banda v. Richard Bagdasarian, Inc., maintaining its practice of issuing a "grant and hold" review order for all cases -- published or unpublished -- involving the issue meal period and rest period pay under Labor Code S 226.7. There are now five related cases. Murphy v. Kenneth Cole Productions, meanwhile, is fully briefed by the parties, but various amici briefs are being filed and answered.