looking for a published labor case on unpaid wages, employer brings a witness after a appeal hearing , two weeks later

Your question is nearly impossible to understand. It sounds like the Superior Court granted a continuance to allow the employer to have an unavailable witness come and testify. The judge has discretion to grant a continuance for good cause and an unavailable witness is usually good cause. As to your request for a published decision, you have identified a specific issue or asked a concrete enough question for anyone to be able to respond.

The judge has wide latitude in how to proceed. Without the opinion it is difficult to give online recommendations, just as Mr. Swenson wisely observes.

Good luck to you.

Contact an experienced CA appellate lawyer. I am in Chicago.

God bless. I am in Chicago and do not practice in your state.

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Case law on labor disputes is not always on point. It appears you are protesting unpaid wages and the employer is lining up witnesses to oppose your application. In most cases,witnesses and documents specific to your case might be much more persuasive than another labor case about someone else with a different employee. Findlaw.com and Google can sometimes find law cases on point.
For example, in google you might try searching labor dispute/unpaid wages/California opinions.
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