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California Supreme Court Rejects De Minimis Doctrine for Compensable Time Claims

BY: APA Staff | 08/02/18

The California Supreme Court determined that the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s de minimis doctrine does not apply to claims for unpaid wages under California’s wage and hour statutes or regulations, including Industrial Welfare Commission wage orders. The court determined that the relevant wage order and statutes do not permit application of the de minimis rule when the employer required the employee to work “off the clock” several minutes per shift [Troester v. Starbucks Corp., No. S234969 (Calif., 7-26-18)].