Righetti Glugoski, P.C.

On February 11, 2015, the California Supreme Court denied Defendant Joe's Crab Shack's petition for review. Great news for employees asserting overtime claims as a result of being allegedly misclassified as "exempt!" "However, we understand from Brinker, Duran and Ayala that classwide relief remains the preferred method of resolving wage and hour claims, even those in which the facts appear to present difficult issues of proof. By refocusing its analysis on the policies and practices of the employer and the effect those policies and practices have on the putative class, as well as narrowing the class if appropriate, the trial court may in fact find class analysis a more efficient and effective means of resolving plaintiffs’ overtime claim."