A 2018 appellate court decision will help you get employee travel time compensation right.
This is a question we get from employers a lot, “How do we compensate employees for travel time to the job site? The reason they’re asking is partly because ...
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Personnel Policies
California Employers Face New Requirements in the #MeToo Era
It’s no surprise that the 2018 Legislative session concluded with a variety of measures addressing the hottest topic of the year: sexual harassment in the workplace. California has always been on the forefront of harassment prevention training, but ...
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California Labor Commissioner Takes a Stand on Contractor and Subcontractor Wage Theft
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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California Criminal Background Check Regulations
California’s statewide “ban the box” law, in effect as of January 2018, makes it illegal for an employer with 5 or more employees to:
Include on any application for employment questions that seek the disclosure of an applicant’s conviction ...
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Test Your Knowledge – Background Credit Checks
In May of 2016, Petco was threatened with a class action lawsuit by two California job applicants who claimed that in violation of federal law, they weren’t properly notified the company would conduct credit checks as part of the hiring process. ...
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From CEA’s California Employers Report: Harassment? When Do Employers Need To Do Something?
Most employers have an anti-harassment policy in place and engage in some form of training at the supervisory level on how to prevent harassment. But there is confusion as to what is actually “protected” harassment and what is the best way to respond ...
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California Immigration Laws Still in Effect Despite Federal Lawsuit
California immigration laws passed in 2017 remain in effect despite a lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ is arguing that three separate state laws interfere with federal immigration enforcement and should be ...
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