California Hospital Violence To Get Regulatory Injection
Feb 19, 2015
Health care worker fatality rate has been twice for all other industries combined. New Labor Code section 6401.8 requires state government, no later than July 1, 2016, to adopt required standards for...
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Unfair Immigration-Related Practices
Feb 12, 2015
As relayed a year ago in California’s Expanded Immigration-Related Protections, this state provides the most stringent retaliation protections for immigrant workers in the country. Effective January...
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Contractor Misclassification … Class Action? - California Supreme Court Decision
Oct 16, 2014
Class action suits challenging company-wide workplace practices and thus posing crippling damage amounts have become big business in California and across the country. See, e.g., our blogs “The Devil...
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ANGER MANAGEMENT - Jerks, Introverts and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Weaving v. City of Hil
Sep 29, 2014
The ability of employers to follow the law – and of judges to enforce it – depends on clearly defined standards of responsibility and conduct. Vaguely or otherwise poorly stated rules can lead to inc...
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When Ignorance Is an Excuse - Off-the-Clock Work Time
Jul 14, 2014
A company normally must compensate an employee for any time put in service to that company even if such work was not authorized. Thus, while an employer can issue policy barring overtime work or polic...
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Companies Must Uphold Worker Rights to Religious Garb or Grooming Even if It Means Losing Business
May 22, 2014
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing the federal laws prohibiting discrimination in commerce, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, nicknamed “Title VII.”...
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Employment Class Action Suits Can Hinge On A Court’s Choice of Definitions
May 16, 2014
A minimal underpayment of wages to a single worker can morph into a claim potentially worth millions if magnified across a “class” of many workers subject to the same alleged employment practices. T...
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SENIOR EXECUTIVES MUST RECEIVE HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING
Feb 13, 2014
City Settlement of Suit over Former San Diego
Mayor Filner’s Conduct is a Case in Point Case in Point As relayed in our August 30, 2013 blog, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner left office in disgrace last ...
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San Francisco Adopts a “Right to Request” Workplace Flexibility Ordinance (for employers with 20 or more on payroll)
Feb 12, 2014
On January 1, 2014, San Francisco enacted a “right to request” ordinance which gives certain employees working in the City the right to seek flexible work arrangements to address family needs. The Ci...
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California’s Expanded Immigration-Related Protections
Jan 21, 2014
New for 2014 New for 2014 While employers are barred by federal law from knowingly employing unauthorized immigrants, companies are also barred from treating any immigrant unfairly, whether or not aut...
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