The California Supreme court recently held in Mendiola, et al. v. CPS Security Solutions, et al., that security guards were entitled to be paid wages for all “on-call” hours spent at their assigned locations, including sleeping time, because they were under the control of their employer during the “on-call” time, and that the “on-call” time…

In Harris v. City of Santa Monica, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling that sets forth the details of the applicability of the “mixed-motive” defense available to employers in discrimination cases (FEHA). The Plaintiff in Harris was a city bus driver who was terminated for not meeting performance standards shortly after she told her…