SHRM: 19-Year Wage-and-Hour Case Offers Warning on Exempt Classification

A California wage-and-hour case nearly two decades in the making is headed back to the trial court after an appeals court in May reversed a US$43 million judgment against an employer, offering HR professionals a stark reminder of both the complexity of employee classification and the extraordinary cost of getting drawn into prolonged class litigation. O’Melveny partner Adam Karr said: “The Cortina case underscores that even employers with meritorious defenses can face enormous costs — here, a US$43 million judgment that stood for years before being reversed.”

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