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Labor Code statutes regulating meal and rest breaks, pay stubs, and minimum wages provide express statutory remedies, including penalties for violation of those statutes that are punitive in nature, that are available when an employer has violated those provisions, and are exclusive remedy available for such statutory violations absent evidence that statutory remedy is inadequate.»
'' [P] unitive damages are not recoverable when liability is premised solely on the employer's violation of
the Labor Code statutes that regulate meal and rest breaks, pay stubs, and minimum wage laws.»
Not exact matches
Holding that a new
statute covered cases filed before it was enacted, the Court of Appeal held that
Labor Code section 98.7 does not require an employee to exhaust that
statute's administrative remedies before filing suit on a claim for retaliation against a private employer.
olding that a new
statute covered cases filed before it was enacted, the Court of Appeal held that
Labor Code section 98.7 does not require an employee to exhaust that
statute's administrative remedies before filing suit on a claim for retaliation against a private employer.
Then, under CCP § 1021.5 (the private attorney general
statute), the trial judge awarded fees of $ 6,160,416, although determining that no fees were allowable under
Labor Code section 2802 based on plaintiffs» abandonment of certain claims.