Imagine this: a construction employee ultimately on his way to a job site is expected by the employer to first come to the company yard and proceed from there, driving a company truck to transport coworkers and materials to the job site. He is paid ...
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Employment Litigation
California Supreme Court Clarifies the Rule Requiring Employers to Provide One Day of Rest During Each Work Week
The California Supreme Court provided critical guidance this week on how to apply California’s requirement that workers receive one day of rest during each work week. In Mendoza v. Nordstrom, the Court held that the Labor Code requires one day’s rest ...
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Personnel Policies: Retaliation Claims, Ubiquitous but Preventable
Retaliation claims by employees against their employers are easy claims to make and difficult to defend. They are now, in fact, the most common employment claim asserted against employers, ahead of discrimination and harassment claims. Why, and what ...
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Employment Policies Worth Considering in 2017: Arbitration Agreements with Class Action Waivers and Mandatory Exit Interviews
A look at court filings in 2017 shows that there has been no decline in the pace of class action and representative filings. To the contrary, in light of recent judicial opinions on rest period policies, increased paystub obligations, and confusion ...
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Devastating Wage Hour Lawsuits and Class Actions: Five Tips to Avoid Them
Healthcare and other aging services employers in California have been hit with a barrage of employee wage hour lawsuits in the last few years. Many good companies (large and small), caught off guard by technical labor law violations, have paid out ...
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Uber’s Arbitration Woes – Lessons for California Employers
Uber has transformed the transportation industry - offering reliable and economic trips with the tap of a smart phone. In part, its success is due to its arms-length relationship with drivers, who remain self-employed while securing customers from ...
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Arbitration Agreements: A Meaningful Advantage to Employers?
Employment litigation is big business in California. Tens of thousands of claims are filed against employers in this state each year. Regardless of political developments on the local, state or national front, this landscape will not change. ...
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Podcast: Five Things Employers Should Know About Arbitration
California is not a friendly place for employers, and it is not a matter of whether an employer will be forced to deal with an employee claim, it is a matter of when. That makes it important for employers to understand some key points about ...
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