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 LearnTime Off to Vote and Notice Requirements are Upon Us
Election 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 UsNew Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance Imposes Obligations on Employers
Starting September 3, 2024, employers must comply with involved new requirements if they wish to consider criminal backgrounds in making hiring or promotional decisions for positions that will perform work
Continue Reading New Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance Imposes Obligations on EmployersEmployers Must Adapt to New Demands for Disclosure in California Employment Lawsuits
An important new discovery tool – demands for disclosure — are available for use in California state court employment lawsuits filed from January 1, 2024, and later. The demands significantly
Continue Reading Employers Must Adapt to New Demands for Disclosure in California Employment LawsuitsEmployers Must Give New Hires Expanded Wage Theft Notice
Beginning New Year’s Day 2024, employers are required to give all non-exempt new hires working in California a new form of Wage Theft Prevention Act Notice containing new information. Employers
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Prepare Early for California’s New Workplace Violence Prevention Requirements
No later than July 1, 2024, covered California employers must implement extensive workplace violence prevention plans (WVPP) and deliver specified training to employees under new legislation signed by Governor Gavin
Continue Reading Prepare Early for California’s New Workplace Violence Prevention RequirementsEmployers Using Restrictive Covenants Face Greater Risk Come the New Year!
Employers who sign employees up to noncompetition agreements or other restrictive covenants or seek to enforce the agreements — even when employees enter into the agreements outside California in a
Continue Reading Employers Using Restrictive Covenants Face Greater Risk Come the New Year!Prepare for the Coming Minimum Wage Hikes!
Effective New Year’s Day 2024, the minimum wage employers of all sizes must pay California employees will increase from $15.50 per hour to $16.00 per hour. The minimum salary for
Continue Reading Prepare for the Coming Minimum Wage Hikes!PAGA Dischargeable in Bankruptcy?
Portions of employer liability in California PAGA actions are dischargeable in bankruptcy under a bankruptcy court decision issued this summer. Specifically, employers’ liability for the 25% share of PAGA penalties
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Take These Smart Steps to Reduce Risk, Build Defensible Terminations, and Stress Less!
This post is part of Experience Matters, a series drawing on my 30+ years of defending employers in California employment litigation. The series highlights actions you can take to reduce
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