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Jun 17, 2020labor-lawemployee-classificationfiduciary-rank-and-filelabor-benefitslabor-codesupreme-court
Fiduciary Rank-and-File Employees: When Job Titles Do Not Bar Labor Benefits
The Supreme Court clarifies that fiduciary rank-and-file employees, despite supervisory-sounding titles, remain entitled to labor standards benefits under the Labor Code.