A Warehouse Demo Services Inc. product demonstrator can move forward with her wage-and-hour suit, because her employer carefully monitored and controlled her hours and working conditions, a state appellate court said.
“Outside salespersons” are exempt from certain California labor laws. A lower court wrongly applied the exemption to a Warehouse Demo Services Inc. worker, dooming her would-be class claims of unpaid overtime and failure to provide proper breaks. But the “pertinent inquiry” for the exemption isn’t whether the employer controls the work site, but the extent to which the employer controls the work itself, the California Court of Appeal, First ...
The woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 years old has fully recanted her allegations, and apologised for the “immense pain” she caused the rapper and his family, including wife B...