You are invited! On April 23, 2025, from Noon to 1:00 p.m. PST, our team will present a free webinar explaining how employers can prepare for surprise visits by U.S.
Continue Reading Hot Topics Webinar: Managing ICE and DEI in Your Workplace!Trump’s Orders Limiting DEI Programs in the Workplace are Enjoined in Part
Key parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders seeking to end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) in the workplace were recently ruled unconstitutional by a federal court in Maryland.
Continue Reading Trump’s Orders Limiting DEI Programs in the Workplace are Enjoined in PartEmployers: Prepare Now for Workplace Immigration Raids
The prospect of large-scale, unannounced ICE raids on workplaces is upon us with the launch of the second Trump administration. What employers need to know now is outlined HERE by
Continue Reading Employers: Prepare Now for Workplace Immigration RaidsOne 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 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!