California Supreme Court: Employee Can't Bring Conversion Claim for Unpaid Wages
MSK Client Alert
August 26, 2019
Last week, the California Supreme Court ruled that a former start-up employee could not hold his former boss personally liable for unpaid wages based on the theory of common law conversion. Conversion is a legal term for theft. This is a win for employers as, if the Court had ruled otherwise, employers potentially could be held liable for tort damages (including punitive damages) for failing to pay wages.