Opinion ID: 778727
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: State Wage Claims

Text: 52 Bothell's claim for overtime compensation under California Labor Code § 1194 and the Industrial Welfare Commission's Manufacturing Wage Order, 8 Cal.Code Regs. § 11010 (Wage Order) was dismissed because the state law expressly adopts the FLSA analysis. The Wage Order on which Bothell's claim relies provides that [t]he activities constituting exempt work and non-exempt work shall be construed in the same manner as such terms are construed in the following regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act effective as of the date of this order: 29 C.F.R. §§ 541.201-205, 541.207-208, 541.210, 541.215. Because there are genuine issues of fact regarding the nature of Bothell's employment and daily activities under the FLSA, the state law claim for overtime compensation should be remanded to the district court for trial. 53 Bothell's claim for waiting time penalties under California Labor Code § 203 was dismissed because Phase Metrics' successful defense of the FLSA claim was considered evidence of its good faith, making it impossible to find willfulness. On remand the district court should reevaluate its waiting time ruling in light of the further proceedings on the FLSA claim.