in brief: Johnson v. Arvin-Edison Water Storage Dist. holds that governmental entities are exempt from wage & hour laws absent express statutory language to contrary

In Johnson v. Arvin-Edison Water Storage Dist. (June 3, 2009) the Court of Appeal (Fifth Appellate District) held that governmental entities are not subject to a wide array of wage & hour laws absent express legislation to the contrary.  The water district defendant was determined to be a municipal entity, thus entitled to that broad grant of immunity.