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Carrie E. Bushman

Carrie E. Bushman

Carrie is tenacious, energetic, and effective in the protection of employer and management rights and interests. In her labor and employment law practice, she is particularly known for her work in prevailing wage and apprenticeship law, traditional labor law, labor arbitration, wage and hour law, wrongful termination, sexual harassment prevention training, and other employment discrimination matters. She also advises employers on a variety of personnel matters, including family and medical leave issues, disability accommodation, employee handbooks, background checks, drug testing, discipline and terminations. Read More

Carrie E. Bushman / December 12, 2022

Employers, Don’t Give Your Employees Grief Over Taking Bereavement Leave

Personnel Policies

Key Provisions Effective January 1, 2023, California employers with five or more employees will be required to provide up to five days of bereavement leave to employees who have worked at least 30 days prior to the start of the leave. The ...
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Carrie E. Bushman / December 12, 2022

Time May Be Running Out on Employer Rounding Practices

Wage and Hour

Historically, California courts have upheld the legality of time rounding (where, for example, actual time punches are rounded backwards or forwards to the nearest quarter hour) as long as, overall, the rounding policy/practice is neutral on its face ...
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Carrie E. Bushman / October 17, 2019

Two New Laws Impacting California Public Works Contractors

Prevailing Wage

Among the hundreds of new laws recently signed by Governor Gavin Newsom are two bills which may impact contractors working on California public works jobs. Prevailing Wage: Public Works The first bill, AB 1768, which goes into effect January 1, ...
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Carrie E. Bushman / December 20, 2018

2019 Brings New Penalties for Skilled & Trained Workforce Violations

Prevailing Wage

As many public works contractors are aware, over the last several years, California has adopted skilled and trained workforce requirements which mandate that contractors working on specific types of projects employ a certain percentage of ...
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Carrie E. Bushman / March 12, 2017

Prevailing Wage Law: Determining Pay Rates

Those confronted by the demands of prevailing wage law typically have a lot of questions. But the first and most frequently asked one is usually, "How does a contractor determine what wage rates to pay its employees on a public works project?" The ...
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Carrie E. Bushman / September 29, 2016

Governor Brown Signs Bill Requiring Contractors to Pay Apprentices for Pre-Employment Processes

Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law AB 1926, which amends Labor Code section 1777.5 to require contractors who request the dispatch of an apprentice to work on a public works project and require the apprentice to "fill out an application or ...
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Carrie E. Bushman / July 17, 2016

Wage Statement Class Actions – Avoid the “Gotcha”

In 2013, changes to California Labor Code section 226 brought dire warnings of an impending wave of employee class action lawsuits relating to inaccurate or incomplete wage statements. And it happened. Changes to the statute made it much easier to ...
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Carrie E. Bushman / August 15, 2013

Why All Employers Need to Start Paying Attention to the NLRB

After operating for many months with three members whose recess appointments have been challenged as unconstitutional, on July 31, 2013, the U.S. Senate confirmed a full slate of nominations to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board), ...
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