Michael Mandel Comments on Calif. High Court Decision on Seating for Employees

April 7, 2016

An April 7 Law360 article titled “Fact-Based Seating Test Leaves Class Cert. Prospects Murky” quotes McGuireWoods Los Angeles – Century City partner Michael Mandel on a recent California Supreme Court decision intended to clarify when employers are obligated to provide employees with seating. Michael notes that the court was trying to find a middle ground between the two parties’ positions but failed to provide “real, practical bright-line tests.” To read more about this decision, see a recent Legal Alert written by Michael and fellow labor and employment lawyer Alex Madrid, titled “California Supreme Court Clarifies When Employers Must Provide Employees With Seats.” The full text of the Law360 article is available to subscribers online.