EmploymentQuestion 915 of 1632
After a worker files a wage claim with the Labor Commissioner, an evidentiary hearing may be held to resolve the dispute. What is this hearing commonly called?
a.A Pitchess motion
b.A Marsden hearing
c.A Berman hearing
d.A Skelly hearing
Explanation
A DLSE wage-claim hearing before a deputy labor commissioner is commonly called a 'Berman hearing,' named after the legislator who authored the enabling statute (Labor Code §98). It is an informal administrative proceeding to decide unpaid-wage disputes. A Skelly hearing involves public-employee discipline, and Pitchess and Marsden are criminal-procedure motions, none of which relate to wage claims.
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