Workplace investigations are becoming a more and more regular task for Human Resource Departments for businesses, big and small. Yet, no matter how commonplace they have become, there is still an art to doing it correctly. First and foremost, it is important that they are conducted neutrally and consistently, no Read more…
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has named Sabrina Stroud as the Division Chief for the organization’s Enterprise Strategy and Performance Division. She will begin her new role at CalPERS on August 19, 2013. Stroud brings with her nearly 10 years of State of California management experience. She currently Read more…
Labor law enforcement under the first two years of Governor Jerry Brown’s term has netted an unprecedented and staggering level of damages, penalties, and fines in the State of California. According to the key findings of the report, “State of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement”: Minimum wage – over $3 million unpaid Read more…
Section 14 of the Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order 7-2001 for the mercantile industry states that “[a]ll working employees shall be provided with suitable seats when the nature of the work reasonably permits the use of seats.” Although this wage order has rarely been used, as of late there has Read more…
No Negative Treatment An employee is entitled to take time off for jury duty or for a court appearance as a witness as required by law if he or she gives the employer reasonable notice, and may not be discriminated against for doing so. (Labor Code § 230(a)-(b).) An employee Read more…
Last week, we discussed some of the new labor laws in California which came into effect on January 1, 2013. In this follow-up blog, we detail another set of labor laws that employers should be aware of. Disability Claims Abuses (SB 1186) – SB 1186 is intended to curb a Read more…
From the California Labor Commissioner: March 1, 2013 | Long Beach, CA – California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su won a California Superior Court trial yesterday when the court ruled that Port of Long Beach truck drivers working for Seacon Logix, Inc. were employees and not independent contractors. “The Labor Read more…
Each year, California legislators create thousands of new bills, a percentage of them which eventually become law. Employers should be aware of the following employment laws, which came into effect on January 1, 2013. This is the first of a two-part post. Wage Statement Violations (Labor Code § 226) – Read more…
A longtime attorney would probably feel right at home if he/she were to return to law school today. Aside from the proliferation of laptops for notetaking, very little reform or modernization has occurred, despite significant changes in communications, technology and in the legal market. Recently, however, there appears to be Read more…
An employer may be liable for statements made to a prospective employee during recruitment on which the employee relies. (See, e.g., Lazar v. Superior Court (1996) 12 Cal.4th 631; Helmer v. Bingham Toyota Isuzu (2005) 129 Cal.App.4th 1121; Toscano v. Greene Music (2004) 124 Cal.App.4th 685). It is actually a Read more…