Bryan Lazarski’s comments to the Associated Press on the California Supreme Court’s ruling that Starbucks and other employers must pay workers for off-the-clock work appeared on PBS Newshour:
The ruling also applies to tasks done before the workday begins, said Bryan Lazarski, an attorney in Los Angeles who handles wage claims against employers.
Lazarski said he expects the ruling to open the door to additional lawsuits by workers in similar situations as Troester. But he also expects lawsuits that “test the boundary of what this case says” to determine how much time spent doing work off the clock is enough to get paid.
The court in Thursday’s ruling said it was not closing the door on all claims by employers that the amount of additional work was too negligible.
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