April 04, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit in a challenge to California's independent contractor classification law by trucking industry groups and two drivers, a case that previously went before the appeals court. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
March 20, 2025
A former SeaWorld employee's wage suit should be sent to arbitration, the company told a California federal judge, saying the worker electronically signed a document three years ago that committed him to arbitrating employment-related disputes with the company.
January 23, 2025
A suit alleging SeaWorld didn't properly pay workers and failed to provide meal and rest periods will not move back to California state court, a federal judge ruled, saying the worker behind the case made "incorrect factual statements" about SeaWorld's calculations regarding the amount of money at stake.