Today, a Fresno County trial court denied a request for a preliminary injunction that would continue to delay the piece-rate Safe Harbor process of AB 1513. The lawsuit challenges aspects of AB 1513 – particularly the phrases “other non-productive time” and “directly related” – and was filed days before the July 1 deadline to sign-up for Safe Harbor. A temporary […]

Yesterday, a Fresno County Judge issued a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) against the enforcement of AB 1513’s Safe Harbor registration deadline. AB 1513 established a “Safe Harbor” procedure to obtain an affirmative defense to wage claims for failing to properly compensate piece-rate employees. The AB 1513 deadline for employers to give notice to the State of their intent to make […]