Petition for Rehearing Denied in Troester v. Starbucks; Minimal change to Opinion

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The California Supreme Court denied the Petition for Rehearing in Troester v. Starbucks, making a tiny change to the Opinion.  Here is the change, which was made to the last paragraph:

Old version:

We hold that the relevant California statutes and wage order have not incorporated the de minimis doctrine found in the FLSA. We further conclude that although California has a de minimis rule that is a background principle of state law, the rule is not applicable here. The relevant statutes and wage order do not allow employers **834 to require employees to routinely work for minutes off-the-clock without compensation. We leave open whether there are wage claims involving employee activities that are so irregular or brief in duration that it would not be reasonable to require employers to compensate employees for the time spent on them.

New version:

We hold that the relevant California statutes and wage order have not incorporated the de minimis doctrine found in the FLSA.  We further conclude that although California has a de minimis rule that is a background principle of state law, the rule is not applicable to the regularly reoccurring activities that are principally at issue here.  The relevant statutes and wage order do not allow employers to require employees to routinely work for minutes off the clock without compensation.  We leave open whether there are wage claims involving employee activities that are so irregular or brief in duration that employers may not be reasonably required to compensate employees for the time spent on them.

So that makes this Opinion final final.  Can't wait until its final final final.  Or even final final final final.