Effective January 1, 2025, California employers can no longer require employees to use accrued vacation or PTO before receiving state-funded Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits. This update, made through an amendment to Section 3303.1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code (UIC), reflects a small but meaningful shift in how PFL benefits are administered. Many HR teams and…

A magician’s fake thumb hides an object. The audience believes it’s vanished, but it’s still there, waiting. A voluntary dismissal works the same way—for a while. The lawsuit disappears from the docket. The defendant relaxes. The case is gone. Until it isn’t. In Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., 604 U.S. ___ (2025), the Supreme Court…

In a significant decision that reshapes, and harmonizes, the landscape of employment law across all Circuits, the Supreme Court has handed employers a significant victory in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) disputes. In E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split by holding that the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard applies when employers seek…

Los Angeles, California – Rimon is pleased to welcome employment litigation Partner, Robert (“Rob”) Pepple in Los Angeles. Rob joins Rimon from Nixon Peabody LLP, where he held the positions of Partner and co-leader of the Wage & Hour Compliance and Litigation Team, and the Los Angeles’ office pro bono partner liaison to the national…

On August 1, 2024, in Turrieta v. Lyft, Inc., the California Supreme Court clarified an important procedural issue that relates to the resolution of Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) matters. Most PAGA lawsuits, which are brought in the name of the government (but are not coordinated or controlled by the government) wage and hour group…