New Heat Illness Prevention Measures Now In Place
Jun 05, 2015
New heat illness prevention measures adopted by the California Office of Administrative Law. New heat illness prevention regulations have been adopted by the California Office of Administrative Law....
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City of Los Angeles Minimum Wage Increasing Annually from 2016 to 2020
May 22, 2015
Los Angeles approves wage hike up to $15 by 2020 On May 19, 2015, the Los Angeles City Council approved Motion 4E providing annual minimum wage increases for employees in the City of Los Angeles up t...
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When Does the Workday End?
May 13, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court Finds an Employer
Need Not Pay Wages for Mandatory
End-of-the-Day Security Checks Under federal law, employees may or may not earn wages for preliminary actions at the beginning...
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California Law Protects Undocumented Employees From Workplace Discrimination
Apr 24, 2015
As we have described California’s Expanded Immigration-Related Protections and California Extends Protections for Whistleblowing Employees, several California laws protect employees, regardless of...
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The Annals of Copyright Number 7: Copyright Owners “Make Some Noise” for Infringement of Their Song
Feb 19, 2015
Protecting your own copyrights is of paramount importance. Vigilance in avoiding violations of others’ copyrights is equally necessary to prevent expensive legal disputes. Monster Energy has learned t...
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The Annals of Copyright Number 6 -- Should You Register Your Copyrighted Work?
Feb 19, 2015
A work that you create is copyrighted from the moment it is born. It need not be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office to be protected. So is there any real advantage to be gained from registeri...
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Employer Responsibility for Staffing Agency Labor Violations
Feb 18, 2015
Effective January 1, 2015, California Assembly Bill 1897 makes employers that hire workers from staffing agencies automatically liable for wages and workers’ compensation violations by the staffing ag...
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The Annals of Intellectual Property Number 2 - What is a Trade Secret?
Feb 18, 2015
In our blog, “What is Intellectual Property?”, we identified several kinds of intellectual property, i.e., products created through one’s creativity and intellect, that others may not use without perm...
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Employment Arbitration Agreements - In California, the Battle Continues
Feb 13, 2015
While private parties doing business are free to agree to arbitrate any dispute between them outside of the courts, an employer who presents a “take-it-or-leave-it” arbitration requirement to a job ap...
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California Labor Laws 2015: Interns and Trainees Now Protected from Harassment and Discrimination
Feb 13, 2015
Effective January 1, 2015, California Assembly Bill 1443 plugs a gap that had left interns, trainees, and others lawfully involved in unpaid work experience unprotected from unlawful harassment and di...
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