Court of Appeal holds that monetary value of accrued vacation need not appear on wage statements until payment is due

In Soto v. Motel 6 Operating, L.P. (Oct. 20, 2016), the Court of Appeal (Fourth Appellate District, Division One) held in a PAGA action that Labor Code § 226(a) "does not require employers to include the monetary value of accrued paid vacation time in employee wage statements unless and until a payment is due at the termination of the employment relationship." Slip op., at 2.  The Court easily concluded that the disclosure of such information on wage statements on a regular basis was not required by the current law.  Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

Spencer C. Skeen, Jennifer L. Santa Maria, and Sarah A. Williams of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart represented Motel 6 Operating, L.P.

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If you are an attorney with wage and hour experience and have been practicing for roughly three to six years, you are welcome to reach out to me at Setareh Law Group (contact information available via state bar -- if you can't find that, you shouldn't be sending me anything anyhow).  I need an associate to add to my litigation team here.  Reading my blog already demonstrates your discerning eye for insightful discourse, so test 1 is complete.

Last day at Berns Weiss LLP

Today is my final day at Berns Weiss LLP. Beginning next week, I will return to familiar terrain, once again into the wage & hour breach.  My thanks to Berns Weiss for everything and best wishes to everyone there.