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
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Employer Obligations for Wild Fires Revisited
Unfortunately, today is a good day to revisit our blog post on employer obligations and employee protections for wildfires, smoke, power outages, and other natural disasters. Please review that post
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Time to Update that California Arbitration Agreement for 2025
Mandatory arbitration is legal in California. As you are updating your handbooks and other policies for 2025, don’t forget to revisit your arbitration agreement. Some key issues to look
Continue Reading Time to Update that California Arbitration Agreement for 2025Seven Steps for an Effective Compliance Training Program
In 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
Kudos to Steven Gallagher and his Practice Guidance on PAGA!
It 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
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More Protected Time Off Provisions for CA Employers (AB 2499)
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
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Employment class actions can be daunting.
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Pay Attention to Those California City Boundaries
We know that many cities in California have their own minimum wages. And we also know that several of those cities had minimum wage increases in July 2024, including:
Continue Reading Pay Attention to Those California City BoundariesJune is Pride Month
I recently attended a superb webinar put on by two Fox Rothschild partners, Colleen McGarry and Brian McGinnis, with an update on LGBTQIA+ issues in the law. I look
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Think Twice Before You Contest Unemployment
It happens all the time. A poor performing, or even blatant policy-violating former employee applies for unemployment. The immediate reflex by most employers is to contest it. Good idea? Well
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