More than ever before, the topic of sexual harassment is dominating the news (and this blog). It’s time to make sure that your company’s sexual harassment prevention training is up to the task.
Fox Rothschild’s skilled team of attorney trainers will tailor a program to meet your company’s needs. Take a break from the
Another year brings another top 10 list!
After a year dominated by harassment issues, this Alert sets forth the top 10 trends I saw in my practice from 2017 that inform what California employers can expect in 2018. Best wishes to all for 2018!
In recent years, California and federal agencies have highly scrutinized independent contractor status. While that scrutiny may be abating somewhat on the federal level, it is still alive and well in our golden state. In fact, the issue has been popping up quite a bit lately in the context of audits by the Employment
What a year it has been for harassment claims. The biggest year in the 22 years I have been practicing law. It seems that every day there is a big new headline or rejuvenated social media campaign, and someone else powerful losing their job over harassment allegations.
It is astounding to me that there are
There are few things I love more in life other than dogs and beer. So when I saw this article I was delighted! A beer company, called BrewDog, has decided to pay its employees a week of new puppy leave dubbed “pawternity” or “mutternity” leave when an employee gets a
The claim du jour is website accessibility.
Plaintiffs are suing businesses in alarming numbers alleging that websites are not accessible to persons with disabilities. In this alert, Fox attorneys
All of this news about hurricanes and the tragic images of people losing their homes (and everything in them), takes me back to advice my father gave me years ago, which was: You need insurance for things you can’t afford to replace.
The same is true for businesses. They need insurance for losses they
The news is full of stories of employers taking action, or allegedly not taking sufficient action, for employee off duty conduct. The issues are vast and varied, ranging from communicating views about coworkers’ intellectual capabilities, to using drugs with prostitutes in hotel rooms, to being “outed” for participating in a controversial and violent rally.
What
So many times an employer gets in trouble for following logic instead of the law. Quite often what is logical just isn’t legal, and that can be tricky for many managers and HR professionals. It trips them up. That’s why one of my favorite topics to speak about is Employment Law Bloopers and Lessons Learned.
Summer is the time for vacations, and with that comes the stress of balancing work pressures while out of the office. Many employees prefer not to take vacations when the alternative is trying to conduct work from a cell phone on the beach. Maybe California can learn from France, and the recently publicized “right to