Legal Opinion
Fowler Packing Company, Inc. v. David Lanier
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 20, 2016No. 16-16236PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
In response to recent state appellate court decisions that exposed employers to significant and unexpected minimum wage liability, California passed Assembly Bill 1513 (AB 1513). This law created a “safe harbor” that gave employers an affirmative defense against the new claims so long as the employer made back payments under certain conditions. AB 1513 allowed the employers to avoid the costs and statutory penalties that they would otherwise face as a result of underpayment litigation. The legislation, however, also included specific “carve-outs” that were crafted…
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