Our team has updated the firm’s handy Doing Business in California Guide for 2025. In this Guide we explain the key issues that make California such a compliance challenge for businesses. Learn about wage-and-hour compliance, the dreaded PAGA, all of the special rules for protected time off, paid sick leave…
Continue Reading Doing Business in California Guide Updated for 2025Unfortunately, today is a good day to revisit our blog post on employer obligations and…
Continue Reading Employer Obligations for Wild Fires RevisitedAs we head into the new year, employers must continue to monitor minimum wages at…
Continue Reading Beware Minimum Wage Increases Throughout California In 2025Mandatory arbitration is legal in California. As you are updating your handbooks and other…
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It’s that time of year for my annual holiday rituals: gingerbread lattes, Black Friday sales and employee handbook updates! As we move into 2025, California’s legal landscape continues to evolve…
Continue Reading Essential California Handbook Updates for 2025One Use of the “N-word” Lands an Employer in a Jury Trial – Lessons to Learn
One instance of a coworker directing the “N-word” to a Black employee can rise to the level of being so severe as to make for a racially hostile work environment…
Continue Reading One Use of the “N-word” Lands an Employer in a Jury Trial – Lessons to LearnIn this article for HR.com, I provide seven practical tips to help keep your employee training sessions fun and informative. Some highlights include:
Training should be fun and something…
Continue Reading Seven Steps for an Effective Compliance Training ProgramHeads up to all employment litigators in California – changes are coming to the rules governing Motions for Summary Judgment and Summary Adjudication come January 1, 2025.
Both plaintiffs and…
Continue Reading Big Changes Are Coming to California Summary Judgment Motions In 2025Election 2024 is here and now is the time for employers in California to refresh themselves on the voting leave and posting requirements they must follow:
– Employers must allow…
Continue Reading Time Off to Vote and Notice Requirements are Upon UsIt is so great to work with super smart people. Our Los Angeles partner, Steven P. Gallagher, is so knowledgeable that he was tapped by LexisNexis to write a…
Continue Reading Kudos to Steven Gallagher and his Practice Guidance on PAGA!It can be so confusing to understand whether and when an employee’s missed shift can be grounds for discipline.
For example, you can’t discipline an employee, even if they call…
Continue Reading More Protected Time Off Provisions for CA Employers (AB 2499)Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 399, known as “The California Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act,” into law. Practically speaking, SB 399 was enacted to prohibit employers from…
Continue Reading Mandatory ‘Captive Audience Meetings’ Banned in CaliforniaThe Freelance Worker Protection Act is a significant new bill currently sitting on Governor Newsom’s desk, awaiting a signature or veto. Also known as SB 988, the bill is designed…
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