Nishiki v. Danko Meredith, APC

Schulman, J.*

*887When an employee resigns without notice, California law requires the employer to pay all wages within 72 hours. ( Lab. Code § 202, subd. (a)1 .) If the employer willfully fails to do so, the employee's wages continue as a penalty from that due *631date until the wages are paid, for up to 30 days. (§ 203.) This case considers an award of these "waiting time" penalties, as well as an award of attorney fees to the employee for the employer's unsuccessful appeal. (§ 98.2.) *888Taryn Nishiki, a former employee of defendant Danko Meredith P.C.,2 filed a complaint with the California Labor…