Wage Law

The California Supreme Court has granted review in Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions (2013) 159 Cal.Rptr.3d 159 on the following issues:

Petition for review after the Court of Appeal affirmed in part and reversed in part an order granting a preliminary injunction in a civil action. This case presents the following issue: Are the guards that defendants provide for construction site security entitled to compensation for all nighttime "on call" hours, or may defendants deduct sleep time depending on the structure of the guards' work shifts?

The original opinion can be read here. The Court of Appeal held that

CPS must compensate the trailer guards for the nighttime hours spent on the jobsites during the week, as the trial court ruled. However, in accordance with settled principles of California law, we conclude that CPS is permitted to deduct eight hours for sleep time on those weekend days when the trailer guards are on duty for 24 hours.

The docket can be followed here.

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