Case Title: Troester v. Starbucks Corporation

Citation: 

Docket Number: S234969M

State: california

Court: California Supreme Court

Date: 2018-08-30T00:00:00Z

Document:
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Filed 8/29/18 
 
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 
DOUGLAS TROESTER, 
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          Plaintiff and Appellant, 
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S234969 
          v. 
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9th Cir. No. 14-55530 
STARBUCKS CORPORATION, 
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          Defendant and Respondent. 
) 
 
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ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND  
DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING 
 
THE COURT: 
 
The opinion herein filed July 26, 2018, is modified as follows: 
 
The final paragraph of the majority opinion appearing at 5 Cal.5th 829, 848, is 
modified to read:  
 
We hold that the relevant California statutes and wage order have not 
incorporated the de minimis doctrine found in the FLSA.  We further conclude that 
although California has a de minimis rule that is a background principle of state law, 
the rule is not applicable to the regularly reoccurring activities that are principally at 
issue here.  The relevant statutes and wage order do not allow employers to require 
employees to routinely work for minutes off the clock without compensation.  We 
leave open whether there are wage claims involving employee activities that are so 
irregular or brief in duration that employers may not be reasonably required to 
compensate employees for the time spent on them. 
 
The petition for rehearing is denied.