How will AB-5 impact franchise relationships in California? What steps can franchisors take to best protect their interests in California in a post-Dynamex, post AB-5 landscape? These are some of the questions Tami McKnew and I will be answering in a reprise of a webinar we first presented on October 28, 2019. Join us on
Preserving Your Franchise in the Face of AB-5 (Free Webinar)
How will AB-5 impact franchise relationships in California? What steps can franchisors take to best protect their interests in California in a post-Dynamex, post AB-5 landscape? These are some of the questions Tami McKnew and I will be answering in a Webinar on October 28, 2019. It’s free, and we hope you will join
California Wage & Hour Training Video Featuring Nancy Yaffe
I am both proud and excited to be featured in two new training videos for workplace supervisors and human resources representatives handling California-specific and federal wage and hour issues.
Developed and produced by Kantola Productions, “California Wage and Hour Laws: What You Need to Know” is designed to help companies train their supervisors
Top 10 Trending Issues for California HR: Come Hear Me Speak on August 29th
I am looking forward to the California HR Conference sponsored by PIHRA (Southern California’s SHRM) coming up on August 29-31st in Long Beach. If you haven’t registered, take a look at the three day list of speakers and networking events.
I will be speaking on the Top 10 Trending Issues for California HR on
Attention Hospitality Professionals in Los Angeles — Come Hear Me Speak
If you are a professional in the hospitality industry, please join me for a presentation on the top Ten Legal Issues Facing HR Hospitality Professionals in 2016. The event is sponsored by the Los Angeles Hotel HR Association and will be held on Thursday, February 25th at 6:00 pm at the Hollywood Roosevelt
Top Ten Take-Aways from the Cornell HR in Hospitality Conference 2015
I just returned from the Cornell HR in Hospitality Conference in Las Vegas with my partner Carolyn Richmond. I participated in the Executive Summit and shared ideas with some of the most progressive minds in the hospitality industry. Here is my top ten list of take-aways:
- Once a year performance reviews are backwards looking,
Top 10 Things for California Employers to Do in 2015
Every employer in California needs legal help at some point. The laws are too complex and the penalties too severe for employers to figure it all out on their own. Even the courts and government agencies can’t decide what some of these laws mean.
So the only
California Supreme Court Reaffirms Traditional Analysis Of “Joint Employment” for Franchisors
On July 30, we blogged about the recent efforts of the National Labor Relations Board to hold corporate franchisors, such as McDonald’s, liable for the acts of individual franchisees toward employees under the theory that the “parent” company is a “ joint employer.” We opined that this effort was a “stretch” to deviate from traditional
Plaintiffs, Unions and the NLRB Stretch to Find Joint Employers
In the quest to expand liability for real and imagined violations of employment laws, and to find more and deeper pockets, the latest target for plaintiffs’ lawyers and unions is the “joint employer.” The joint employment concept is a decades-old doctrine that applies where two companies are so intertwined and jointly involved with the
Do You Know What Your Vendor Contracts Say?
When you outsource certain functions at your company, do you actually know what the terms of the vendor contracts say? Or do you just assume that because the employees work for the vendor that you are protected from liability? Well, assume no more. Without a contractual provision for indemnity from your vendor, you are likely