On July 29, 2020, San Mateo County (“County”) was the last Bay Area County to be added to California’s Covid-19 watch...
As employers begin to navigate the new normal of dealing with Covid-19 in the workplace, now is the time to review...
As we continue to navigate the Covid-19 pandemic, it is important for employers to continue to ensure that employees wear compliant...
Just when things were returning to some semblance of normalcy, Governor Newsom yesterday, July 13, 2020, ordered a sweeping and statewide...
As businesses begin the process of reopening, many employers are faced with the decision of what steps to implement to limit...
One of the biggest indicators that a potential lawsuit may be coming is receiving a "Personnel Records Request" from a former...
During this uncharted COVID-19 pandemic, there are risks that you may have never contemplated or considered. Nonetheless, every employer must be...
In a historic 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia held that Title VII of...
While some localities adjust their minimum wage on January 1 each year, others change the rate on July 1. Effective July...
On May 29, 2020, in alignment with the Governor’s order loosening the statewide shelter in place restrictions, San Mateo County has...
While we as a nation continue to navigate COVID-19, California continues to hold employers to its stringent laws. As such, employers...
On May 13, 2020, Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, signed both the Right to Recall Ordinance and the Worker Retention...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) passed in March 2020 provides eligible employees with leave benefits for qualifying reasons related...
The Six Bay Area county Shelter-in-Place orders have been extended once again! On April 27, 2020, the Six Bay Area counties...
In conjunction with the federal CARES Act, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) implemented the new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program...
Effective April 22, 2020, Six Bay Area counties will require all individuals to wear a face covering when leaving their home...
Following Governor Newsom’s press conference unveiling six key indicators to open up California this past week, the Federal government has followed...
On April 14, 2020, Governor Newsom held a press conference and unveiled six key factors he is taking into account when...
The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) decides claims filed by employees who for nonpayment of wages, overtime, or vacation pay...
Attention Bay Area Employers! Six Bay Area counties and the City of Berkeley have implemented updated Shelter-in- Place Orders (“Orders”). The...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) effective today, April 1, 2020, has left many employers wondering “how do I prove...
As a result of COVID-19, on March 20, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced that it will temporarily suspend...
On March 17, 2020, Governor Newsom, in an uncharacteristic move to help employers, signed Executive Order N-31-20 suspending certain employers’ obligations...
Attention Employers! On March 18, 2020, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“Act”) designed to blunt the impact of...
On January 12, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) made a revision to its rule for interpreting joint employer status under...
On March 9, 2020, the San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement issued guidance regarding the use of San Francisco Paid...
As COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) continues to spread, the question arises of what steps an Employer can take to prevent the spread of...
For some time there has been debate about what activities do and do not constitute “hours worked.” An Employer is required...
As the Coronavirus continues to spread, the question arises of what steps an Employer should take in the workplace to protect...
Employers have been told a new I-9 form is forthcoming and it is finally here! The wait is over! On January...
Another year has come and gone, and California has again increased the state’s minimum wage. Effective January 1, 2020, the state-wide...
The battle of whether an employer can mandate an employee to sign an arbitration agreement as a condition of employment continues!...
I don’t know about you, but if someone sued me, I am pretty sure that hiring them for a future position...
Assembly Bill No. 51 (“bill”) was signed into law on October 10, 2019 and will go into effect on January 1,...
On June 27, 2019, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill No. 83, extending the duration of Paid Family Leave. Paid...
Cal/OSHA just released an advisory to all employers as a reminder of the need to protect your employees for the unhealthy...
Last year, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, which makes specific employment practices unlawful including the harassment of an employee,...
As the end of 2019 is quickly approaching, SB 826 is causing a stir! SB 826 signed into law last year...
As California employers know, one of the hottest issues in wage & hour litigation is on the subject of meal and...
On July 3, 2019, California’s Governor signed SB 188 that prohibits discrimination based on a person’s hairstyle. Yes, hairstyle. Pursuant to...
The California Labor Laws are tough, especially for businesses just starting out and those growing in size! We speak to employers...
Attention Employers! Beginning July 1, 2019, all employers must pay all employees that work in San Francisco at least$15.59 per hour. This...
As summer approaches it is important that employers with employees who work outdoors prepare for the hot summer months to ensure...
U.S. District Court Judge Chen has given the initial go-ahead for the proposed settlement agreement between Uber Technologies, Inc. and thousands...
Employee Handbooks serve many purposes. They inform and educate your employees on the policies of your company and they also are...
Just last week, on February 4, 2019, the California Court of Appeals made a decision that will impact employers who require...
In the last few weeks, two major wage and hour cases awards came down in California in favor of the employees...
If I tell my clients one thing consistently, it is to document properly and consistently. One area this can be problematic...
Effective January 1, 2019, California once again is raising the minimum wage. Don’t forget to inform your nonexempt employees of the...
Over the past ten or so years, there has been a proliferation of class action law suits filed against numerous companies,...
Individuals Also Liable As Employer for Wage and Hour Claims -- Even PAGA. In a recent case, the California Court of...
As the leaves begin to fall and the weather turns colder, California employment law is becoming increasingly burdensome for employers as it relates...
As a business idea develops from a concept to start-up, there are a progression of steps a founder can take to help their...
Cal/OSHA passes the Hotel Housekeeping Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention regulation that took effect on July 1, 2018. This new regulation requires affected employers to...
As the summer heat intensifies, so does your obligation to protect your employees from heat-related illnesses. If you have employees who...
New employment policies went into effect on July 1, 2018, that “limit or prohibit the use of any language” in the workplace are presumed to...
Yesterday, the California Court of Appeal found that an employer is not liable for injuries to third-parties that are caused by an...
On May 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court decided Epic Sys. Corp. v. Lewis, finding that employment arbitration agreements that contain class...
On May 8, 2018, the California Court of Appeal published its decision in Maldonado v. Epsilon Plastics, Inc. In this decision, the court...
This week the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, which makes it more difficult...
Last month, the California Supreme Court published Alvarado v. Dart Container Corp. of California, a decision that provides additional insight into overtime...
On March 23, 2018, the First Appellate Court of the State of California published Serrano v. Aerotek, Inc., a decision that found an employer was...
In its decision late last week in Lawson v. Grubhub, Inc., the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California found that Grubhub's classification...
As you already know, California is working towards a $15.00 minimum wage by the year 2023. Each year the minimum wage...
If you have watched even a snippet of the news in the last few weeks, there is a new revolution upon...
As of January 1, 2018, employers in California are no longer allowed to rely on the salary history or inquire into the salary...
A properly drafted Owner Operator Agreement can literally save your business. In Performance Team Freight Systems, Inc. v. Aleman, the California Court...
The news has been filled this week with the “firings” of employees across the country who participated in the ugly display...
Effective July 1, 2017, Employers will be faced with new regulations prohibiting them from considering criminal information when considering a job...
0 CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE GENDER IDENTITY AND GENDER EXPRESSION Just in time for pride week, California has expanded its...
The California Supreme Court just issued an opinion this past Monday, May 8, 2017, in Mendoza v. Nordstrom, Inc. which impacts many employers whose...
California’s Labor Commissioner and its Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) recently ruled against logistics company XPO Cartage determining that it...
The California Supreme Court ruled on December 22, 2016 in Augustus v. ABM Security Services, Inc. that employee rest breaks must be “off duty”—which means...
California Elections Code section 14001 requires employers to post a notice advising their employees of their rights to ensure they are...
Just this past week California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law, effective March 1, 2017, which requires California businesses, public buildings...
Without a doubt, when my clients call me with a new claim against their company for wage and hour issues, there is...
California passed new anti-smoking legislation which places greater restrictions on smoking in the work place. No business can allow smoking in...
California leads the country in its favorable treatment of employees raising the minimum wage...again. Since January 2016, California’s minimum wage has been...
The climate in California for Employers is not getting any easier. Lawmakers are indeed making it expensive to run a business,...
Employers beware: California’s laws change yearly and 2014 is no exception. Looking ahead the following laws will go into effect beginning January...
There is nothing like bringing together your employees for a party to celebrate the holidays. It’s incentivizing, shows appreciation for the...
Just this week in the case of Frlekin et al v. Apple, Inc., Apple won a federal lawsuit brought by more...
Employees in California are required to be paid minimum wage (with some exceptions). Today, California minimum wage is $9.00 per hour....
Governor Brown, Jr. took action this past Tuesday, October 6, 2015, signing into law SB 358 which provides for gender wage...
Whether you are an employer, business owner, independent contractor or the average citizen, it is important to know your rights and obligations under...
California Labor Code Section 2802 requires that employers “indemnify his or her employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by...
The California Employment Development Department (EDD) may audit your business. Based on their audit, EDD may determine that some of your...
As we informed you back in September, Governor Brown recently enacted the Health Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 which requires...
The controlled substance testing regulations apply to every person subject to the commercial driver’s license requirements who operates a commercial motor...
California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 this week. See this link for entire text of...
On August 13th San Francisco’s new Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO) took effect for employers with 20 or more employees who operate or whose businesses...
Just this week the California Court of Appeal held that “when employees must use their personal cell phones for work-related calls,...
On July 9, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rendered its long-awaited decision in Dilts vs. Penske...
This month the United States District Court, located in Southern California, ruled in favor of J.B. Hunt Transportation and against employees...
Bay Area employers take note: Companies with 50 or more full-time employees within specific geographic boundaries must make available to their...
Did you know that, as an employer, you must have a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) in place, or you...
As an employer, while your employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) can give you peace of mind, it is certainly only one aspect...
Do you check job applicants' Facebook pages before scheduling interviews? According to a recent study conducted by researchers at Florida State University, Old Dominion...
According to human resources and employment news site HR Morning, holiday parties can be a problem for employers. While an office...
Today, September 25, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 10 raising the California's minimum wage in two one-dollar increments, from...
California Governor Brown has announced he will sign AB 10 tomorrow which will increase the CA state minimum wage effectiveJuly 1, 2014. See Brown’s...
A Chinese client recently called our Mandarin-speaking assistant, Elle Zhang, and requested help with an urgent employment-related issue. A disgruntled former employee...
On September 9, 2013 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie rejected A1578/S1450, union-backed legislation classifying port and parcel delivery truck drivers in the state...
After terminating an employee, there are a number of steps an employer should immediately follow to protect the business. Even if you believe your former employee...
On August 12, 2013, the California legislature, in Senate Bill No. 292, expanded the concept of sexual harassment by amending the...
On August 2nd the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld most of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
Despite challenges from the American Trucking Associations and The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Public Citizen, and the Truck Safety Coalition,...
Last week we covered the Supreme Court’s revised definition of “supervisor” in Vance v. Ball State University, held on July 24th, 2013. It wasn’t...
On June 24, 2013, the Supreme Court made it harder for employees to sue their employers for harassment by narrowing the definition...