At Zaller Law Group, we do not talk about AI and technology in the abstract. We use it—every day—as a litigation tool to give our clients a measurable advantage.
California wage-and-hour and PAGA cases are data cases. Outcomes often turn on what the time records actually show, how quickly they can be analyzed, and whether
For most California employers, employee time and pay data has historically been treated as a legal obligation—something you keep because the law requires it, not because it creates value.
That mindset needs to change in 2026.
After years of defending employers in wage-and-hour class actions and PAGA cases, I have seen firsthand how employee data
After more than twenty years defending California employers, I have seen a consistent pattern: even companies with sophisticated systems struggle with one of the most fundamental compliance obligations in California employment law—maintaining, accessing, and analyzing employee time records. These challenges are not merely operational inconveniences. They routinely lead to unnecessary legal exposure, inflated PAGA penalties
The City of Long Beach recently passed an ordinance that imposes new staffing and operational requirements on grocery and drug stores using self-service checkout (“SCO”) systems. The law, Ordinance No. ORD-25-0010, was approved on August 21, 2025, and goes into effect September 21, 2025.
For this week’s Friday’s Five, here are the five key
AI is no longer just a buzzword—it’s actively transforming the workplace. Whether employers are aware of it or not, AI tools are being embedded into daily operations across industries. With California pushing forward with proposed regulations that could take effect as early as July 1, 2025, employers must begin understanding the implications now. Here are
ChatGPT launched on November 30, 2022, and is quickly gaining attention as an AI-based chat platform that responds to natural language inputs. ChatGPT opens AI up to nearly everyone to use by using a simple chat-based format. GPT stands for Generative Pre-training Transformer, and it was designed to simulate a conversational format based on chat
Fundamentally, the work environment has not changed much over the last 100 years, and I believe we are on the verge of major changes and disruptions. These changes are deeper than the issues that COVID raised. Even if remote work is here to stay, this development does not impact many industries, such as the service
I was fortunate to speak on a panel earlier this week on the “State of the Union: Exploring 2019 Labor Challenges” at the Financial Leadership Exchange for foodservice CFO’s and financial executives in Sun Valley, ID. As part of the exchange, and the panel I was on, there were a few overriding issues that were
Here are five employment law and non-employment law issues that had my attention this week:
1. Will the future workforce be paid daily?
The Wall Street Journal’s article, “The Wait for Payday Doesn’t Have to Be So Long” raises some interesting issues about efforts to lower the time it takes for employees to
If there is a turning point for the esports industry, if it has not already occurred, it occurred this week. A lawsuit filed last Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court by Turner Tenney, a 21-year old gamer known as Tfue, against Faze Clan, his gaming organization. The lawsuit is an attempt by Tfue to void