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The Department of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) recently issued an opinion letter authorizing employers to reduce the work schedules of exempt employees, with a corresponding reduction in salary.T...
See Full GuideIn Scotch v. The Art Institute of California, 173 Cal.App.4th 986 (2009) the court held that the plaintiff in a failure to accommodate lawsuit must identify a reasonable accommodation, and establish th...
See Full GuideThe U.S. Supreme Courts decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, 129 S. Ct. 2658 (2009), attempts to answer the difficult question of whether an employer may intentionally discriminate against members of one pr...
See Full GuideIn Boucher v. Shaw, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 16555 (9th Cir. 2009), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that former employees of the bankrupt Castaways Hotel could pursue federal wage and hour claims f...
See Full GuideThe California Supreme Courts decision in Hernandez v. Hillsides Children Center, Inc., 2009 Cal.LEXIS 5565 (2009) is an exhaustive study inCalifornia privacy law and the permissible scope of workplace...
See Full GuideFor the past several years, an employers ability to settle wage and hour claims with its employees has been unclear at best.Although noCaliforniacourt had addressed the issue, some commentators constru...
See Full GuideOn February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Act or ARRTA) into law.The Act, commonly referred to as the stimulus package, creates additional compliance ...
See Full GuideIn Cristler v. Express Messenger Systems, Inc., 2009 Cal. App. LEXIS 172 (February 11, 2009), the Court of Appeal (Fourth Appellate District) upheld a jury verdict in favor of Express Messenger Systems...
See Full GuideIn Benson v. Workers Compensation Appeals Board, et al., 170 Cal. App. 4th 1535, (2009), the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, issued its decision requiring separate rating of succe...
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