Cheesecake Factory Liable
The Labor Commissioner’s Office found Cheesecake Factory Restaurants, Inc. liable in a $4.5 million wage theft case that underpaid 559 janitorial workers managed by Magic Touch Commercial Cleaning, whose owner was also ...
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Not Really as Easy as ABC
New State Supreme Court Decision Requires Employers to Reevaluate Classification of Independent Contractors
The California Supreme Court has held that the standard for determining employee versus independent contractor status is no longer the ...
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New Parent Leave Now Applies to Small Employers
California’s New Parent Leave Act (SB 63), in effect as of January 1, 2018 requires employers with 20 to 49 employees within a 75-mile radius to provide eligible employees up to 12 weeks of parental leave to bond with a new child within one year of ...
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2018 Is Here … Are You Ready?
Lawmakers in the Golden State were busy last year on the employment law front. Check out our checklist to help make sure you’re prepared.
Update Employment Application
Remove any inquiry into applicant’s prior wage/salary history
Ban the Box ...
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Short-Term Layoffs Subject to California WARN Act
California's WARN Act requires employers to provide 60 days' advance notice to affected employees before ordering a "mass layoff" of 50 or more employees. But is notice required for a temporary furlough of just five weeks? In a recent decision, a ...
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Construction & Ag Employers – Are Your Porta Potties in Compliance with California Law?
New Transgender Rights Regulations Lead to Need for Emergency Regulations
On July 1, 2017, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing’s (DFEH) regulations on Transgender Identity and Expression became effective. Those regulations clarified how ...
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Podcast: Three Reasons Employers are More Likely to Be Sued in California than Employers in Other States
Employers doing business in the Golden State are confronted with more legal challenges from their employees than are those in just about any other state. The goal of this podcast is to give you an overall heads-up on the most common legal ...
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Rest Break Law Class Actions, California: It Won’t Get Easier
This article was coauthored with Bianca M. Rodriquez, J.D. Candidate, Class of 2018, U.C. Davis School of Law
Meal and rest break law class action suits by employees continue to plague California employers, despite the best efforts or well-meaning ...
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