University of California Defeats Suit Over Unpaid Minimum Wages

The University of California is exempt from state statutes and regulations governing wages and benefits for public employees, including minimum wage requirements, a state appellate court said Friday.

Guivini Gomez, who previously worked at the UC San Diego Medical Center, sued the University of California in 2019 on behalf of a proposed class of similarly situated hourly employees.

The university’s time keeping policy rounded hours down and automatically deducted 30-minute meal breaks, which meant Gomez and others weren’t receiving minimum wage, the complaint said.

The would-be class sought the unpaid balance of the full amount of minimum wages allegedly owed, ...