Employment Law in the Time of COVID-19: Employees Return to Work and Reasonable Accommodations
Home / Employment BlogAs businesses slowly begin reopening, employers are faced with the decision of who will be asked to…
Home / Employment BlogAs businesses slowly begin reopening, employers are faced with the decision of who will be asked to…
Home / Employment BlogMany employers are preparing for the need to return to work while the pandemic continues, necessitating advance…
Home / Employment BlogLast year we told you about the Supreme Court’s holding in Epic Systems v. Lewis, which held…
Home / Employment BlogLast month, the appellate court in Garcia v. Border Transportation Group, LLC reached an important decision that could give…
Home / Employment BlogGovernor Brown recently signed a bill expanding sexual harassment training requirements in California. SB 1343 places new…
Home / Employment BlogAccording to an August press release by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the EEOC has brought…
Home / Employment BlogOn April 30th, the California Supreme Court ruled in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court that a…
Home / Employment BlogThe Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled in favor of employers in upholding class action…
Home / Employment BlogOn March 22, 2018, a groundbreaking bill was proposed in New York that prohibits employers from requiring…
Home / Employment BlogA Whistle Upon Deaf Ears: Changes to Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections On Wednesday, February 21st, the U.S. Supreme…
Home / Employment BlogProposed Amendments to Employment Regulations Regarding Criminal History, the California Family Rights Act, and the New Parent…
Home / Employment BlogDepartment of Labor Appears Set to Tip the Balance Back in Favor of Tip-Pooling In December, the…
Home / Employment BlogThe EEOC Supports its 2017 Performance Report with Enforcement and Litigation Data The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
Home / Employment BlogCash or Course Credit? Department of Labor Updates Guidelines for Unpaid Internships The designation between “employee” and…
Home / Employment BlogLast Thursday, the NLRB overruled the Obama-era NLRB’s decision in Browning-Ferris Industries, a 2015 ruling that loosened…
Home / Employment BlogLast week, in Ellis v. Google, Inc. a California judge dismissed a class action lawsuit against Google…
Home / Employment BlogMajor news outlets like Time Magazine and the Chicago Tribune have recently reported that one of the…
Home / Employment BlogA recent change to the California Labor Code modifies the definition of commission pay for employees that…
Home / Employment BlogOn November 15, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion of first impression in…
Home / Employment BlogThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just released its performance report for the 2017 fiscal year. The…
Home / Employment BlogEmployers take note: a new slate of employment laws were signed into California law this month, with…
Home / Employment BlogThe headlines in the news these last two weeks involving Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has put the…
Home / Employment BlogOn October 4, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that under his interpretation of Title VII, gender…
Home / Employment BlogA few weeks ago, the 11th Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals upheld a favorable…
Home / Employment BlogThere has been a major culture shift in this country in the way we discuss pay; once…
Home / Employment BlogSan Francisco is known for mission burritos, the golden gate bridge, and some of the most progressive…
Home / Employment BlogLast week, a federal judge declared unlawful the Obama-era Department of Labor rule that attempted to broadly…
Home / Employment BlogBNSF Railway Company recently obtained a decisive victory in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, with the…
Home / Employment BlogThis summer McDonald’s has teamed up with snapchat to hire 250,000 workers across the United States. (See…
Home / Employment BlogThey say “40 is the new 30,” and in the U.S. labor market that appears to be…
Home / Employment BlogExisting law prohibits an employer from discharging, discriminating, or retaliating against an employee who is a victim…
Home / Employment BlogIs the tide turning for Employers? There seems to be some good news on the horizon. The…
Home / Employment Blog“What do you mean public record, it’s in my private e-mail account?” If you work in an…
Home / Employment BlogApril is not only the month for Californians to fixate on taxes but this year it has…
Home / Employment BlogEmployers in California with five or more employees must be concerned with both mental and physical disability…
Home / Employment BlogThe amount of leave or accommodation employers must provide to pregnant employees is rapidly expanding as legislatures…
Home / Employment BlogOn September 10, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 1522, requiring a minimum of…
Home / Employment BlogThe California Supreme Court recently issued an opinion limiting the remedies available to undocumented workers under The…
Home / Employment BlogNew Law in California Expands “Ban the Box” Movement to all State and Local Agencies – Is…
Home / Employment BlogThe Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was created with a central goal in mind, namely,…