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 LawsuitsJeffrey S. Horton Thomas
Employers 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…
Continue Reading Employers Must Give New Hires Expanded Wage Theft NoticePrepare 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…
Continue Reading PAGA Dischargeable in Bankruptcy?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…
Continue Reading Take These Smart Steps to Reduce Risk, Build Defensible Terminations, and Stress Less!Prepare for the Coming Minimum Wage Increases!
Another wave of minimum wage increases will roll through in about two weeks. On July 1, the minimum wage rates that must be paid in cities and counties across California…
Continue Reading Prepare for the Coming Minimum Wage Increases!When Employees Sue, You may Wish They had Signed Their Arbitration Agreements by Hand
Hand-signed arbitration agreements will be easier for employers to enforce in light of a recent California Court of Appeal ruling. Declarations from former employees claiming they “do not recall” having…
Continue Reading When Employees Sue, You may Wish They had Signed Their Arbitration Agreements by HandIt’s That Time of Year Again: Make Your Plans for the H-1B Lottery
At the start of each year, we kick off H-1B Cap Season by working with U.S. employers to prepare for registration in the upcoming H-1B Cap Lottery. U.S. employers interested…
Continue Reading It’s That Time of Year Again: Make Your Plans for the H-1B Lottery